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Do hosts win more medals? Are athletes getting older? 128 years of Olympic history in 5 charts
The modern Olympic Games offer a window into almost 130 years of social and cultural...
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For a century, it’s been illegal to swim in the Seine. Will Paris’s clean-up make the river safe for Olympic swimmers?
Five eagerly anticipated events in the Paris Olympics will be the mens and womens...
Can Kamala Harris win the US presidency after Joe Biden’s withdrawal? Here’s what the polls say
The United States election will be held on November 5. On Sunday US time, President...
Olympic swimmers improving by … running? How exploration can help elite athletes and weekend warriors alike
The 2024 Paris Olympics are fast approaching and we can imagine the elite athletes...
Brand Olympics: do the famous rings deliver value to host countries?
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The global food system is owned by an ever smaller number of companies – it’s damaging our health, our communities and the planet
Across the world, over 800 million people spend their days hungry
Supershoes have transformed competitive distance running, but they remain controversial
On the face of it, competitive distance running appears not to have changed much...
Social media and political violence – how to break the cycle
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, added more fuel to...
‘One inch from a potential civil war’ – near miss in Trump shooting is also a close call for American democracy
Perliger offered insight from his study of political violence and assassinations....
A fixation on ‘clean eating’ can be harmful – and perfectionists may be at greater risk of taking it too far
Clean eating diets have become increasingly popular over the past few years. This...
Three ways to eat more nutritiously
When it comes to staying healthy, diet is one of the best things you can do to look...
Xi and Putin talk up growth of their Eurasian bloc organisation as counterweight to Nato
At Nato’s 75th anniversary summit there has been, as you’d expect, a lot of attention...
4 things to watch for as NATO leaders meet in US capital for high-stakes summit
When Washington, D.C., last hosted a NATO summit in 1999, the alliance was celebrating...
Keir Starmer: what we know about Britain’s new prime minister and how he will lead
All prime ministers bring their own personality and approach to the job
IQ tests: can you improve your score by practising?
People who do well on a particular cognitive task are more likely to do well on...