Recent political events have raised the subject of Irish unity once again. But several issues need to be addressed first.
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An audio version of an in depth article about the 18th century Enlightenment thinkers who promoted the potato as a way to build a healthy and productive society.
It might not be effective now, but the development of self-driving vehicles could be a game changer for public transport services.
The history of north Italian regionalism, and why Matteo Salvini’s League represents the end of a long era.
Food safety issues are at heart political.
Citizenship is increasingly becoming something that must be ‘earned’, but this undermines basic rights.
Britain has always been good at projecting its values to the world. It’s going to need that soft power once it leaves the EU.
Serbia was pumping out lead pollution while Britain was still in the stone age.
The short term interests of investors could lead to long term problems in sub-Saharan Africa.
If you thought the risk of Grexit was bad, you’ve got a shock coming in the shape of Italy.
A committee of MPs has lambasted a government scheme designed to protect Afghan civilians who worked for the British.
Amazon is entering the grocery market in a number of ways.
Free childcare schemes aren’t working and babies are too important to be left on the shelf.
Vladimir Putin’s Russia is as much an imperial power as its Soviet and Tsarist predecessors were.
We recorded the first scientific evidence that having a baby affects women’s voices.
With its first ever recruitment advert, MI6 is reaching out to women and minority groups. But like their fictional counterparts, will they still end up doing desk work?
In the 1930s, the Nazis used exhibitions to create a sense of belonging and support for their ideas. Today’s far right groups go online to create a similar sense of community.
Facebook and Google already face a legal complaint in the wake of the new data protection law, but the most precious data still isn’t covered.
The latest proposed cuts to deaf education services just fuel the deaf community’s mistrust of the ‘hearing’ authorities that wield the axe.
What’s caused Italy’s political crisis and what’s likely to happen next.
Businesses can play a major role in either facilitating modern slavery or eradicating it.
As more physical objects are becoming digitalised, it is leading to greater national security risks.
Starting with two simple sheepdog rules, the robot then began to display new, unprogrammed behaviour.
How would a Jacobean servant react to a trumpet flourish?
The Trump administration sees plenty of problems in Central America – but it seems to be doing everything it can to make them worse.