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Medicine is on the brink of an era where microscopic devices inside our bodies connect us directly to the digital world.
Internet of beings: the dream of digitising human bodies for healthcare (and the nightmare)
Medicine is on the brink of an era where microscopic devices inside our bodies connect us directly to the digital world.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Medicine is on the brink of an era where microscopic devices inside our bodies connect us directly to the digital world.
The question is not just about how to fund the BBC – but how to equip the BBC for an uncertain future.
After the licence fee? Three alternatives to the BBC’s current model
The question is not just about how to fund the BBC – but how to equip the BBC for an uncertain future.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The question is not just about how to fund the BBC – but how to equip the BBC for an uncertain future.
Cloning is not only expensive, it also comes with health and welfare risks for the cloned animal.
Celebrities are cloning their pets – but the procedure risks animals’ health and wellbeing
Cloning is not only expensive, it also comes with health and welfare risks for the cloned animal.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Cloning is not only expensive, it also comes with health and welfare risks for the cloned animal.
Cases in the UK and German courts are among the first to be decided on this pressing issue.
Two AI copyright cases, two very different outcomes – here’s why
Cases in the UK and German courts are among the first to be decided on this pressing issue.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Cases in the UK and German courts are among the first to be decided on this pressing issue.
Infections are becoming harder to treat because the fungi are adapting to survive antifungal drugs – but this isn’t happening by chance.
Antifungal resistance is making thrush hard to treat – here’s why
Infections are becoming harder to treat because the fungi are adapting to survive antifungal drugs – but this isn’t happening by chance.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Infections are becoming harder to treat because the fungi are adapting to survive antifungal drugs – but this isn’t happening by chance.
The chancellor rejected the big, bold sweep of an income tax rise.
Why Rachel Reeves chose a ‘smorgasbord’ of tax tweaks – and the risks involved in that approach
The chancellor rejected the big, bold sweep of an income tax rise.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The chancellor rejected the big, bold sweep of an income tax rise.
Singlehood has been rebranded as a time for self-love, self-prioritisation and personal growth.
Why being single might feel empowering as a woman in your 20s, but not your 30s
Singlehood has been rebranded as a time for self-love, self-prioritisation and personal growth.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Singlehood has been rebranded as a time for self-love, self-prioritisation and personal growth.
Across Britain, ponds are quietly vanishing. Reviving them is one of the simplest ways to boost biodiversity and climate resilience.
Britain’s ponds are disappearing – here’s why restoring them is vital for wildlife and climate resilience
Across Britain, ponds are quietly vanishing. Reviving them is one of the simplest ways to boost biodiversity and climate resilience.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Across Britain, ponds are quietly vanishing. Reviving them is one of the simplest ways to boost biodiversity and climate resilience.
Misinformation and outlandish claims are reaching a wider audience now more than ever.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Misinformation and outlandish claims are reaching a wider audience now more than ever.
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The map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer’s 1525 Old Testament has the Mediterranean to the east of Palestine instead of to the west.
How the first Bible to include a map helped spread the idea of countries with borders
The map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer’s 1525 Old Testament has the Mediterranean to the east of Palestine instead of to the west.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer’s 1525 Old Testament has the Mediterranean to the east of Palestine instead of to the west.
Decarbonisation is not just about changing fuels. It involves a change in our pace of living and adjusting expectations.
Green transition targets are not realistic – how to decarbonise at the right pace
Decarbonisation is not just about changing fuels. It involves a change in our pace of living and adjusting expectations.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Decarbonisation is not just about changing fuels. It involves a change in our pace of living and adjusting expectations.
Reports of such appalling behaviour – and Farage’s reaction – give us an insight into the leader of the UK’s rising far-right party.
Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage comments are a distraction from the damage of his politics
Reports of such appalling behaviour – and Farage’s reaction – give us an insight into the leader of the UK’s rising far-right party.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Reports of such appalling behaviour – and Farage’s reaction – give us an insight into the leader of the UK’s rising far-right party.
The authoritarian regime is making a soft-power play for dominance in the under-17s game.
Why the North Korean government is so invested in women’s youth football
The authoritarian regime is making a soft-power play for dominance in the under-17s game.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The authoritarian regime is making a soft-power play for dominance in the under-17s game.
Overall, the budget nudges the UK towards paying more tax now to avoid an even more financially fragile NHS later.
What the budget means for the NHS
Overall, the budget nudges the UK towards paying more tax now to avoid an even more financially fragile NHS later.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Overall, the budget nudges the UK towards paying more tax now to avoid an even more financially fragile NHS later.
It can feel daunting for modern film fans to know where to start with curating their taste.
Five tips for becoming a cinephile in the age of streaming algorithms
It can feel daunting for modern film fans to know where to start with curating their taste.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It can feel daunting for modern film fans to know where to start with curating their taste.
Expert panel recommends targeted prostate cancer screening only for men with specific gene mutations.
Prostate cancer screening rejected by UK government advisers – here’s why
Expert panel recommends targeted prostate cancer screening only for men with specific gene mutations.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Expert panel recommends targeted prostate cancer screening only for men with specific gene mutations.
The public may not be aware that numbers have fallen, and those who are aware may not consider 200,000 to be particularly low.
Net migration has dropped to pre-Brexit levels – why it may not be enough to satisfy voters
The public may not be aware that numbers have fallen, and those who are aware may not consider 200,000 to be particularly low.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The public may not be aware that numbers have fallen, and those who are aware may not consider 200,000 to be particularly low.
Our survey has highlighted shifts in the nature of drug use in England, the types of drugs adults take and their dependence on these drugs.
Drug use is changing in England – with more adults showing signs of dependence
Our survey has highlighted shifts in the nature of drug use in England, the types of drugs adults take and their dependence on these drugs.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Our survey has highlighted shifts in the nature of drug use in England, the types of drugs adults take and their dependence on these drugs.
How do Starmer and Reeves stack up against the ‘statecraft’ theory of good governing?
Polls say Starmer and Reeves are the most unpopular PM and chancellor ever – what’s a fair way to judge them?
How do Starmer and Reeves stack up against the ‘statecraft’ theory of good governing?
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November 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
How do Starmer and Reeves stack up against the ‘statecraft’ theory of good governing?
When you’re an animal undercover, sometimes it’s not enough just to look like someone else
Nature’s greatest method actors: the insects that cosplay bumblebees
When you’re an animal undercover, sometimes it’s not enough just to look like someone else
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November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
When you’re an animal undercover, sometimes it’s not enough just to look like someone else
When the language of racism lost scientific legitimacy, it changed shape and began targeting cultures instead.
Racism never went away – it simply changed shape
When the language of racism lost scientific legitimacy, it changed shape and began targeting cultures instead.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
When the language of racism lost scientific legitimacy, it changed shape and began targeting cultures instead.
This documentary misses the opportunity to discuss why some local people feel threatened by rhino conservation.
Rhino: documentary unravels the challenges rangers face, but that’s not the whole story
This documentary misses the opportunity to discuss why some local people feel threatened by rhino conservation.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This documentary misses the opportunity to discuss why some local people feel threatened by rhino conservation.
Business envoys can offer fresh ideas, but in the Ukraine talks their transactional tendencies risk producing a settlement that is neither fair nor stable.
Ukraine’s peace talks reveal the risks of replacing diplomats with dealmakers
Business envoys can offer fresh ideas, but in the Ukraine talks their transactional tendencies risk producing a settlement that is neither fair nor stable.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Business envoys can offer fresh ideas, but in the Ukraine talks their transactional tendencies risk producing a settlement that is neither fair nor stable.
There’s growing evidence about how to run hybrid working well – but some organisations still worry about opportunities to collaborate.
What five years of evidence on hybrid working tells us about the future of employment
There’s growing evidence about how to run hybrid working well – but some organisations still worry about opportunities to collaborate.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
There’s growing evidence about how to run hybrid working well – but some organisations still worry about opportunities to collaborate.
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