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We can overcome the tyranny of inaccessible science hardware by building a movement for equity in science.
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New research reveals why some people use food to soothe their emotions.
The only way to break the emerging rightist hegemony.
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It will take bravery and vision, but a deal between opposition parties is the only sensible way to respond to a changed political landscape.
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The Chinese government is doing its best to stop China’s bad loan problem from blowing up.
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Junk food versus healthy food – why are we always blaming consumers for ‘bad’ food choices?
African migrants, rescued off the Spanish coast in March 2017, arrive in Granada.
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The Conversation asked two experts to look at the data.
Exercises can help women’s pelvic floor health during pregnancy and after birth.
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Women need to be given more information about pelvic floor health during and after pregnancy.
The Cap Arcona burning.
The chaos that led to a disastrous attack in the final days of WWII.
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Genetic analysis is getting cheaper and can provide real-time surveillance of drug resistance.
Fioramonti in Edinburgh.
South African economist is one of leading voices questioning the way we relate everything to a single statistic.
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Simply copying Snapchat might not be enough to keep the biggest social network relevant.
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European countries are among the most sceptical of vaccinations – so how do they stay on top of the problem?
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Time for a little more make do and mend.
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Scientists investigating an underwater mountain have found lots of tellurium, a mineral used in some solar panels.
Tear gas on the streets of Caracas.
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Fed up with an increasingly authoritarian government, Venezuelans are taking to the streets – where they are met with violence.
The aurora Steve.
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Scientists still don’t know what caused the mysterious phenomenon ‘Steve’.
Marine Le Pen has pledged to take France out of the eurozone.
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The prospect of a Marine Le Pen victory has financial markets spooked. For good reason.
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They were way off in 2015 and for the forthcoming election in June it’s worth knowing why.
Benôit Hamon casts his vote in Trappes, France on April 23.
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With just 6% of the vote, the French socialist party of outgoing president François Hollande came a distant fifth in the French election.
Alice Roberts with the ‘hobbit’.
New research on Indonesian fossils reveals clues to an ancient expansion out of Africa.
Speaking out.
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Wherever past atrocities are denied, truth must be spoken to power.
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After a historic battle, we now know that one of two people will be the next president of France.
The Champs-Élysées was shut after a terrorist attack on April 20.
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The killing of a policeman in a terror attack has heightened tensions as France chooses its next president.
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Pimania was a product of Thatcherite entrepreneurial spirit, mixed with a dash of cheekiness and drippings of subverted expectations.
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We get angry about pay disparities, but the complex nature of executive salaries makes it hard to know where to start.