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How Aliens became the rare sequel that was as good as – or better than – the original
Forty years on, James Cameron’s transformation of Ridley Scott’s horror classic remains a masterclass in how to make a sequel.
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Robots can run faster than elite human sprinters, but are they really athletes?
A robot may resemble a person, but it does not experience sport in the way humans do.
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How Ecuador became a global cocaine hub
Ecuador’s ports, trade and strategic location connect South American cocaine production with consumers in Europe and North America.
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Kenya’s president rushed through universal health reforms. How he did it and why this matters
Kenya’s health financing law change suggests conditions for reform can be strategically built.
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Ghana’s businesses don’t always need costly tech. How to build on what’s already been done
Going circular doesn’t have to mean buying expensive technology. African manufacturers can innovate by learning from what already exists.
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Africa’s herbarium collections are a scientific treasure. They need to be digitised before more biodiversity is lost
Herbarium cabinets lock away valuable plant data that needs to be mobilised through digitisation.
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Stop trying to maintain constant productivity: Your ability to cope with stress changes with the seasons and your own biological clocks
You can build resilience that will work with the changing rhythms in your life.
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Why French officials placed a Muslim war memorial in the intellectual heart of Paris in the 20th century
The Grand Mosque of Paris has stood for a century as a memorial to Muslim soldiers and a nuanced symbol of French colonialism.
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I’m part of the team writing the next bible of psychiatry – for the first time, the DSM will use biology to understand mental disorders
Despite advances in neuroscience, the underlying biology of mental illness has remained elusive. The DSM-6 will attempt to integrate neurobiology into how clinicians diagnose and treat psychiatric conditions.
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Tiny house villages are increasingly responding to the homeless crisis in America’s fast-growing cities
As economic and demographic growth increasingly coexists with poverty and homelessness, resident-led alternatives to housing are supporting communities left behind.
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Why Trump’s plan to rescind the Roadless Rule protecting national forests will struggle in court
The courts have rejected similar arguments before. Meanwhile, maintenance costs are rising, and the Forest Service’s own data contradicts the administration’s wildfire claims.
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Disappearing lakes, old photos and AI are helping scientists map Arctic permafrost thaw in near-real time
The abrupt disappearance of a lake is one clear sign that the ice below is melting, and a clue to wider permafrost changes.