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A precise, lethal chemical weapon hit in a foreign capital is a reminder that North Korea knows what it’s doing.
Muslims?
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The lives of young non-Muslims are being shaped by Islamophobia in public and private spaces.
‘Believe me’ is one of Donald Trump’s most often-used catchphrases.
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When new technology coincides with political instability and conflict, disinformation thrives.
Everything to play for and everyone playing for it.
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A large number of parties are in the running, which could make forming a coalition a complicated task.
Anders Breivik during the appeal hearing in January.
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A Norwegian appeal court has ruled that the mass murderer’s human rights are not being violated by the conditions of his imprisonment.
Former James Brown drummer Clyde Stubblefield playing in 2005.
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The recently deceased funk drummer Clyde Stubblefield created arguably the most sampled drum track in the history of popular music – but he rarely got the credit, or the payment, he deserved.
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Saving students through the medium of comics.
A good diet is key for a child’s well-being.
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‘Healthy child’ vouchers and increased taxation could help tackle the childhood obesity problem.
Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, Trouvelot figure. Photograph of electrical effluvia around a coin 1888–89.
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The way writers drew on electricity to weave their stories tells us much about the history of electricity itself.
Baffling.
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You can’t check if a statement is accurate if it’s too incoherent to understand.
Relaxing or risky?
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Smoking cannabis can cause addition, impaired memory and even psychosis.
Tubular fossils believed to represent early microbes.
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Tiny tubes and filaments of iron found in rocks in Canada turned out to be the remains of microbes from over 3.7 billion years ago.
Gold torc found in Staffordshire.
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Torcs found in the Staffordshire hills can reveal a lot about Iron Age society.
And for my next trick…
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When the presidential candidate pulled out of an important photo opportunity, everyone thought he was quitting the race.
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Even Trump’s most destructive proposals pale in comparison. The president is merely throwing a match on a burning building.
China plys its trade in Europe.
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The One Belt One Road programme is much more than just a freight line to new customers in the West.
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The UK’s smallest city is bidding to be UK City of Culture 2021 – but how can it compete with its larger counterparts?
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Incitement to hatred law in England and Wales currently protects many identities, but not disability.
The case for neoclassicism in science.
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Exploring the role and limits of photography is a task that appears all the more relevant in the era of fake news.
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The @RoguePOTUSStaff account claims to be a genuine inside source of West Wing dirt, and hundreds of thousands of people seem to trust it.
For whom?
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Can the world’s progressives build their own international movement?
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The largest economy on the planet is quickly moving to a protectionist stance in its international trade.
Research shows that parents and the police are often unaware of the majority of cases of online sexual abuse.
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Moves to make sex education compulsory cannot come quickly enough.
Trapped on the slave ship Cornwallis.
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The television dramas have not exaggerated the horrors of the slave trade. The reality was often even worse for Africans taken from their homes.