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The Gulf Stream suddenly moved north during an ancient cold snap – and it’s a warning for our future
New evidence shows a major climate shift ‘within a lifetime’ 13,000 years ago.
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AI doesn’t just help us think, it thinks instead of us: what this means for the process of learning
When AI hands us an answer, we risk bypassing the process through which learning happens.
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Forced labour in West African cybercrime academies: how fear traps young men
Understanding what drives recruitment into these academies is not a defence of fraud. It is a precondition for dismantling it.
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How traditional music helps the elderly in a South African care centre
Singing together can revive memories and create social connection.
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Appolonia: the story of an African kingdom that resisted the Atlantic slave trade
Why did Appolonia trade so few enslaved people? Short answer: unique economy and sacred beliefs.
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Foot and mouth disease in South Africa: how a tracking system would control outbreaks
Access to global markets will continue to decrease if the disease is not brought under control.
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The ticket price fiasco for the men’s Fifa World Cup has been a spectacular own goal
Dynamic pricing is not always a bad system. But monopolies usually are.
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Why Britain’s regeneration policies keep missing the point – expert panel
A one-size-fits-all approach won’t work to revive Britain’s left-behind areas.
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Boys want to challenge harmful ideas about manhood – working with them, not lecturing them, is the key
Boys want to change the narrative, and education is vital in helping them.
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Conspiracy theories that emerged from a civil rights shooting 60 years ago resonate today
The modern rhetorical and political resistance to racial equality finds its roots in the conspiratorial segregationists of the civil rights era.