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We discovered an organism that lives at blistering temperatures – but what allows it to take the heat?
This amoeba lives at hotter temperatures than any other eukaryote previously discovered.
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What is Sharia law, and why is it so controversial in the United States?
Ordinary Muslim religious practices can often be treated as political threats, writes a law professor.
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Federal policy helped widen rural America’s fresh food gap, but a 90-year-old law could help close it
A food systems researcher shows how trucking deregulation and lax antitrust enforcement let big grocery chains grow as rural distribution thinned.
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Democrats are the unwitting beneficiaries of Trump’s immigration policies
A quiet US-Mexico border, and the reduced urgency of undocumented immigration, has deprived Republicans of an issue that previously energized voters and offered conservatives an advantage.
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Political information increasingly comes from pop culture, outside of partisan silos but where male creators – and sometimes misogyny – dominate
Younger Americans’ pop culture favorites have multipartisan appeal, but male creators dominate the list of top influencers, podcasters and comedians.
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Before bans for under-16s, we need to ask: what counts as social media?
People do not consistently agree on what counts as social media
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The UK wants ‘AI sovereignty’ to cut its reliance on foreign tech – here’s how that can be achieved
Recent reports have highlighted the risks of relying on foreign suppliers.
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Pan’s Labyrinth at 20: how Guillermo del Toro created his timeless dark fairy tale
Del Toro’s imagery remains as powerful and arresting as it was 20 years ago.
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Pan’s Labyrinth at 20: a powerful, symbolic tribute to Spanish resilience in the face of fascism
Censorship, and the rebellious ways art can respond to it through potent symbolism, are central to the film.
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England needs 120% of normal rainfall to come out of drought this winter – storms won’t fix that yet
A dry winter could have a huge impact on England’s ability to recover from drought.
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What brain scans can reveal, and why they don’t always explain symptoms
MRI can detect tiny changes in the brain, yet conditions such as epilepsy and migraine may leave no visible trace. Here’s what brain scans can and cannot tell us.
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Werewolf mice, ghostly frogs and cockroach zombies: the animal versions of our Halloween horrors
They have creepy tendencies but these animals are real not fictional.