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How a programme giving millions to residents to improve their neighbourhoods also risks entrenching inequality

How a programme giving millions to residents to improve their neighbourhoods also risks entrenching inequality

Over the past quarter century, the idea has taken hold among politicians across...

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How a colonial trip to Palestine spurred modern ornithology – and left it with imperial baggage

How a colonial trip to Palestine spurred modern ornithology – and left it with imperial baggage

Palestine’s natural splendour offered a landscape ripe for scientific “discovery”,...

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Who counts as a refugee? Four questions to understand current migration debates

Who counts as a refugee? Four questions to understand current migration debates

The number of refugees worldwide has been increasing since 2012. At the end of 2022,...

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Health misinformation is rampant on social media – here’s what it does, why it spreads and what people can do about it

Health misinformation is rampant on social media – here’s what it does, why it spreads and what people can do about it

The global anti-vaccine movement and vaccine hesitancy that accelerated during the...

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COP28: Why China’s clean energy boom matters for global climate action

COP28: Why China’s clean energy boom matters for global climate action

With an energy-hungry economy, an historic reliance on coal and vast manufacturing...

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Why the future might not be where you think it is

Why the future might not be where you think it is

Imagine the future. Where is it for you? Do you see yourself striding towards it?...

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Rats are more human than you think – and they certainly like being around us

Rats are more human than you think – and they certainly like being around us

Rats have a somewhat unfortunate tendency to enjoy living where people live

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Online ‘likes’ for toxic social media posts prompt more − and more hateful − messages

Online ‘likes’ for toxic social media posts prompt more − and more hateful − messages

The rampant increase of hate messages on social media is a scourge in today’s technology-infused...

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COP28: how bad is climate change already and what do we need to do next to tackle it?

COP28: how bad is climate change already and what do we need to do next to tackle it?

As the latest UN climate change summit (COP28) gets underway in Dubai, conversations...

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Even experts struggle to tell which social media posts are evidence-based. So, what do we do?

Even experts struggle to tell which social media posts are evidence-based. So, what do we do?

The debate on how to combat social media misinformation is as relevant as ever

Flying Tigers veterans relive friendship between Chinese and American people during China tour

Flying Tigers veterans relive friendship between Chinese and American people during China tour

"Should old acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne..."

China sees bright prospects in green development

China sees bright prospects in green development

China's first prefabricated high-rise vertical factory, the phase-1 project of the...

China strives for clean, efficient development of coal industry

China strives for clean, efficient development of coal industry

As an important traditional source of energy in China, coal accounted for about...

China makes positive progress in addressing climate change

China makes positive progress in addressing climate change

China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment(MEE) recently held a press conference...

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Myths about plastic pollution are leading to public confusion: here’s why

Myths about plastic pollution are leading to public confusion: here’s why

Does the prediction that there could be “more plastic than fish in the ocean by...

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Booker Prize 2023: the six shortlisted books reviewed by our experts

Booker Prize 2023: the six shortlisted books reviewed by our experts

From a longlist of 12, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize....

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