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Teaser campaigns have become one of the music industry’s most powerful marketing tools
How Drake’s ice stunt, Ariana Grande’s Petal teaser campaign and Taylor Swift’s ‘Toy Story’ song became a masterclass in modern music marketing.
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Women report poor sleep despite a good night’s rest — while men overestimate their own sleep quality
Our study found that although women complained of sleep problems more often, they slept objectively better than men on average.
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AI robots can go rogue – a researcher on how easily it happens
In tests, AI robot systems easily rejected directly malicious commands. But their safety filters collapsed when creative writing was used to instruct them.
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The UK has the means to avoid climate policy being driven by culture wars
The US shows how climate change can become a partisan battleground. Britain still has the institutions and public support to avoid the same fate.
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What early modern literature can teach us about neurodivergence
Long before autism or ADHD were diagnoses, people were navigating lives outside social norms.
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Kenya wants to close refugee camps: the promise and risks of its ambitious new plan
Kenya’s new refugee policy seeks to shift away from a camp-based system to one centred on inclusion into the local economy.
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South Africa is short of 2.6 million homes: Vienna’s approach to social housing offers useful lessons
Vienna’s experience provides a useful point of reference for reflecting on how social housing delivery might be accelerated in South Africa.
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How Iran gained the strategic upper hand in the war with the US and Israel
Tehran has exploited its asymmetric warfare capabilities to strengthen its position.
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Love life: David Hockney, the artist who forced Britain to make room for colour, joy and queerness
Hockney insisted that art is an experiment in seeing, never treating the act of looking as passive, continually adopting whatever helped him see.
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Global uncertainty is the new normal. Here’s why institutional legitimacy and resilience is crucial
Global uncertainty is likely to top the agenda at the G7 summit in Paris. Strong, inclusive international institutions are vital for crisis management, and ultimately the global common good.
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FIFA’s Haiti jersey ban echoes the long campaign to discredit and downplay the Haitian Revolution
The move is part of a longer history of obscuring and demonizing the Haitian Revolution and its leader, Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
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UK under-16 social media ban: what parents need to know
Crucially, legislation cannot replace parenting, education and support.