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The Pap smear isn’t used to diagnose cancer – but it could be
Doctors can find it hard to diagnose cervical cancer in young women because the same symptoms, such as bleeding between periods or after sex, are …
CancerMyanmar’s Rohingyas: victims of a democracy still under military sway
As the forced expulsion of the Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar gathers pace and attracts increasing international condemnation, it’s clear that the …
AsiaCopying Bill Gates is a bad idea if you want to get rich
Bill Gates is a lot luckier than you might realise. He may be a very talented man who worked his way up from college dropout to the top spot on the …
SuccessHow Winnie the Pooh teaches us the importance of play
He is famous for his love of honey, and being a bear of “little brain”. So Winnie the Pooh might be a little surprised to find himself the subject of …
BooksCan cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin survive scrutiny from central banks?
The future of money looks very different in the world of cryptocurrencies. There is a growing consensus among businesses, investors and countries …
BitcoinHow the UK can benefit from a free trade future after Brexit – even outside the single market
The benefits of free trade have been familiar to economists since Adam Smith. Trade encourages specialisation and leads to lower costs, higher …
BrexitWhy Florence is the perfect setting for Theresa May's big Brexit speech
Theresa May has chosen an inspirational setting, Florence, for her Brexit speech on September 22. The British prime minister is not known for her …
BrexitBritain's new political tribes need something different from their parties
Political parties in the UK are currently entirely absorbed in one topic alone: Brexit. But there is something else that should be up for discussion. …
BrexitHurricanes, flood insurance and the dangers of ‘business as usual’
In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, it was reported that up to 80% of home damages were not insured. …
InsuranceUniversity education makes you a better citizen
We often think about what young people can expect to gain from university, or what universities contribute to society. But it’s not often that we …
EducationCan the world's megacities survive the digital age?
Today, megacities have become synonymous with economic growth. In both developing and developed countries, cities with populations of 10 million or …
InnovationLondon train bombing: Why is Europe seeing so many terrorist attacks?
The Sept. 15 terrorist bombing in a crowded London subway station – which injured at least 30 passengers but caused no deaths – was the latest in a …
Terrorism'A virtual mum put me to bed': a view from the VR future of film
I’ve just got back from the Venice Film Festival, which for the first time showcased an exciting programme of genre defining virtual reality (VR) …
Virtual RealityBrazil must protect its remaining 'uncontacted' indigenous Amazonians
In a remote corner of far-western Brazil lies the Vale do Javari, home to one of the greatest concentrations of isolated or entirely “uncontacted” …
Rights & Freedoms300,000 women are missing from economics
Economics is an overwhelmingly male field; and the problem is not going away. Less than a third of economics students today are women. A pervasive …
EconomicsBritain's unclaimed benefits: four million families miss out on £12.4 billion
Up to £12.4 billion of means-tested benefits – including pension credit, housing benefit and jobseekers and employment support allowance – were left …
Basic IncomeA game of drones: why some bees kill their queens
In a palace intrigue worthy of George R R Martin, a new study has shown that some bee workers are queenslayers who will rise up and kill their queen …
BiologyWhat now for the Liberal Democrats? It has to be the long game
The Liberal Democrats are in Bournemouth for their annual party conference and it seems a lifetime ago that they were part of a coalition government …
ReferendumsWho should pay for damage associated with climate change – and who should be compensated?
Hurricanes in the Caribbean and deadly floods across South Asia have once again raised the issue of climate justice.<p>The association between such …
ClimateHow animals vote to make group decisions
Today we opt for ballot boxes but humans have used numerous ways of voting to have their say throughout history. However we’re not the only ones …
BeesColombia struggles to deliver justice in army 'cash-for-kills' scandal
As Colombia’s 50-year armed conflict enters a post-conflict phase, the country is having to face up to the toll it took on millions of lives. There …
Armed ConflictWhat we're hoping to learn from the magnetic readings of Cassini's final orbits
It was a proud but sad moment when NASA announced that mission control had lost the signal from the Cassini spacecraft on September 15. As it takes …
MagnetismTobacco-smoke residue that lingers in furniture, curtains and house dust can still be harmful
Mice exposed to household fabrics contaminated with third-hand tobacco smoke showed changes in biological markers of health after only one month, a …
HealthMonkey selfie case finally settled – but there are many similar animal rights battles to come
The furore that erupted when David Slater, a British wildlife photographer, released a “selfie” taken by a macaque monkey in 2015 has only just …
ApesChildren of convicts transported to Australia grew up taller than their peers in the UK
The children of convicts born in the Australian colonies grew up taller than they would have done if their parents had not been sent into exile, our …
AustraliaParsons Green: how police hunt attackers at large
The morning after an explosion on an underground train at Parsons Green station, Londoners got news that everyone had been waiting for – the police …
TerrorismParsons Green: how police hunt suspected attackers
The morning after an explosion on an underground train at Parsons Green station police said they had made a significant arrest in connection with the …
TerrorismNewly discovered 6m-year-old Cretan footprints stolen – finder writes about how we must protect precious sites
There has been a lot of interest in our discovery of nearly-6m-year-old footprints on Crete, first reported by the The Conversation – suggesting that …
Scientific ResearchDefence: can Britannia ride the waves in choppy European seas?
The UK government has attempted to outline its plan for defence and security after Brexit in the latest in a series of position papers aimed at …
BrexitMerkel and Schulz must face up to Germany's blind spot on corporate corruption
Angela Merkel appears odds-on to return to power as Germans go to the polls on September 24, either in coalition with the liberal Free Democrats …
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