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Statistics are political – so we should question the recent drop in government estimates of British citizens living in the EU.
There’s plenty of evidence that modern swill-feeding would be safe, sustainable, and popular.
It’s 65 years since the structure of DNA was first published, but the woman who made that possible remains unknown to many people.
Personalisation has made decisions easier and quicker – but it is still large corporations, rather than individual users, who benefit most.
Interactive cinema and the arts are at the forefront of research into brain-computer interaction.
At Starbucks, where the staff turnover is lower than most, anti-bias training might make a small difference. Maybe.
We looked at ten countries in East Africa and found poverty and politics were much more important drivers of conflict and displacement than climate change.
The Home Office threw away landing documents that are now vital to people trying to prove their right to stay in the UK.
An attack on a voter registration killed at least 57 people, and left scores more deciding where to go now.
Being more caring could lead to more female doctors burning out.
Cities are adapting to the needs of driverless cars. Here’s how.
A pilot requiring some voters to show ID in May’s local elections could be the next blow for the Windrush generation.
The government’s Snoopers’ Charter didn’t permit blanket indiscriminate data retention, the Court of Appeal recently ruled. I strongly disagree.
Why use bullets when you have crayons?
A California judge ruled coffee should carry a cancer warning label but the evidence says something very different.
AI seems able to answer questions at the heart of humanitarianism – questions such as who we should save, and how to be effective at scale.
Indigenous communities lived in the Amazon for thousands of years without chopping down their forests.
When it comes to neuroscience, there’s no such thing as an ‘average’ teenager.
Elections are easy to rig, and they give authoritarian leaders a veneer of legitimacy they badly need.
Millennials can’t count on MPs to act in their interest – unless more of them take to the ballot box.
Europe loses as many trees to storms each year as Poland produces in timber. Until now, the models for predicting which trees are at risk have not been good enough.
Research shows that it’s all about choice, not exclusivity, when it comes to finding a perfect match.
A new study in rats adds to the evidence that artificial sweeteners may be bad for your health.
As the UK and US retreat from the global scene, Germany is ready to step up to preserve the liberal international order and is seeking a seat on the UN Security Council.