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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.
Confused: Dylan Hartley discusses the rules of rucking with referee Romain Poite.
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England’s rugby team was flummoxed by a new tactic deployed by Italy in the Six Nations – even though it was within the rules.
West Germany’s Helmut Schmidt (l) and Romania’s Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1978.
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EU citizens are being treated as pawns ahead of Brexit negotiations. This has happened before, at the height of the Cold War.
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Short-sightedness is a growing public health problem. Luckily, scientists are starting to find solutions.
We look the same, but one of us will live longer than the other.
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Large mammals such as elephants and whales are among the most long-lived of animals, but very tall humans don’t enjoy the same benefits.
Northern Ireland continues to re-elect its coalition of the unwilling.
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The two ruling parties live by the letter of the Good Friday Agreement, but not the spirit.
Under pressure.
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A complex issue requires sensitive techniques.
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What drives a child to commit sexual abuse?
The Lego Batman Movie.
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The Lego Batman Movie is a worldwide box office smash – but have the filmmakers delved too much into the character’s more ‘toxic’ elements?
Full-body projection of a witness on glass.
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Augmented reality and holographic projections could hold benefits for victims testifying against sexual assault.
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If the merger goes ahead, the new index would be Europe’s largest, giving it dominance within the EU and a strong position in international trading too.
Still a bit of a mystery, but an appealing one.
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He’s got Le Pen rattled at an important phase in the election campaign, even without a manifesto.
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Every new batch of bees needs the equivalent of eight hectares of lavender fields to prosper.
Hadza man with zebra head.
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We need micro-environmentalists to fight for the cause.
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The United Nations has seldom been under more pressure to prove it’s valuable. But it might have found a way.
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There were red faces all round after the wrong film was given the award for Best Picture. But stranger things have happened.
DNA holds the secrets of human existence, and studying rare diseases can reveal some of these facts of life.
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Rare diseases may only affect a handful of people but their treatment benefits everyone.
Westworld: how far away is this future?
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Near-future science fiction is on the rise, but is it foreshadowing the rise of the machines?
The HIV virus.
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We have an awful lot in common with the viruses that infect us.
Asylum-seeking refugees escorted from a train outside Malmö, Sweden in 2015.
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Sweden’s crime rate is not affected by the immigration rate and the state has introduced stricter asylum laws.