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Language attrition can happen to people who live in a foreign context – and it can be embarrassing.
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Most child sex abuse happens within families, but we still cling on to the Victorian idea of paedophiles as outsiders.
Philippa Kaufmann QC (left) and Harriet Wistrich (centre) acted for victims in the judicial review.
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As a result of the ruling, more detail of future Parole Board decisions should be available to victims.
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Cosmic radiation is much higher today than it was during the Apollo era.
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Each discipline tells us only part of the story. And so the truest picture of prehistory comes from triangulating these independent lines of evidence.
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Literary fiction is robust enough to withstand the challenges the 21st century throws at it.
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Do autistic children need social skills interventions in school?
Seeking justice.
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Reliving trauma and not being believed – just two of the damning indictments about seeking justice for sexual violence.
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Much of American power is built on its position at the heart of the international trade and finance system.
Rooney Mara as the titular Mary.
Jesus and Mary are white, while an unsympathetic Peter is played with a cod ‘African’ accent.
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East Africa Rift is undergoing a process that will see the Horn of Africa split from the rest of the continent.
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The pioneering legislation is ten years old – and the latest science means it now does not go far enough.
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Egyptians’ revolutionary demands for ‘bread, freedom and social justice’ are a distant memory.
Trying to achieve that ‘flawless finish’.
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People with visible facial differences, such as acne, are rarely represented in the media and when they are, they are often vilified.
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Daylight savings time means our most active periods are better aligned with daylight hours.
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More and more evidence shows evolution isn’t as random as often thought.
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Since the middle ages, scholars have been saying that our dates might be out by decades.
The Changzheng-2F rocket with the Shenzhou-10 manned spacecraft heading to Tiangong-1 in 2013.
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Air resistance makes it near impossible to predict the path of a crashing satellite.
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Physical stores and online technology can work hand in hand.
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We can either take advantage of advances in technology to enhance human beings (never to go back), or we can legislate to prevent this from happening.
The Facebook CEO has promised to ‘do better’.
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Zuckerberg’s control over the way Facebook is run far outstrips his shareholdings. That can be a problem when scandals hit.
Theresa May delivers her Manson House speech on Brexit in early March 2018.
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An expert in trust assesses how it comes into play while finding a solution that avoids a hard border for Northern Ireland.
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Tensions with Russia and the US have made both partners in the Brexit negotiations more aware of their shared interests than they seemed to be a year ago.
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A new baby feeding trend shows how desperate some mothers are getting for parenting help.
China-Vietnam border crossing across Lao Cai bridge.
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Unstable relations between China and Vietnam are affecting the lives of Hmong highlanders in surprising ways.