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El Niño and war drive aid agencies to the brink
Nature & Environment

El Niño and war drive aid agencies to the brink

...remind world leaders that they will need to continue to take strong climate action if they are to keep global warming to less than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. December 2015’s Paris Agreement, reached at the UN climate talks in the French capital, aims to keep the world below 1.5°C. This article was originally published by Alex Kirby on The Climate News Network....
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UK must balance food farming impacts
Nature & Environment

UK must balance food farming impacts

...feed is located overseas, while 64% of associated carbon dioxide emissions are emitted abroad. The report concludes: “These results imply that the UK is increasingly reliant on external resources, and that the environmental impact of its food supply is increasingly displaced overseas.” This article was originally published by Tim Radford on The Climate News Network....
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Marco Rubio wins by coming in third
Society, Politics & Law

Marco Rubio wins by coming in third

...enough votes to hand Florida to George W Bush instead of Al Gore. But the “Nader effect” is something of a myth anyway – and unlike their tussling counterparts on the other side, Clinton and Sanders know better than to hobble their party with petty acrimony.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?
Society, Politics & Law

Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?

...the insiders and outsiders of the welfare state, Europe will have undergone its largest crisis to date and a fundamental makeover. If Britain wants to be a part of the EU then it needs to get involved in the migration crisis. That’s the issue that actually matters.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?
Science, Maths & Technology

What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?

...matter and the remaining 65% being dark energy, with the latter two being called “dark” as we don’t understand what they are. Gravitational waves may now provide a tool with which to probe these mysteries in a similar way that X-rays and MRI have allowed us to probe the human body. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Why has Antonin Scalia's death set off a battle for the US Supreme Court?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Antonin Scalia's death set off a battle for the US Supreme Court?

...Denying the court the opportunity to make concrete decisions, meanwhile, is a perverse plan indeed. It would block the court from protecting the Constitution and ensuring Americans are served justice – whether or not one of the two parties agrees with its decisions.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Customer Service: Expert's Corner with Professor Sally Dibb
Money & Business

Customer Service: Expert's Corner with Professor Sally Dibb

...the attendance behavior of overseas students. Although the acceptability of this data sharing varies across Europe, public awareness is growing with more questions being asked about the implications for privacy and human rights. This article was written to accompany the Winter 2015-16 series of The Bottom Line. For more information on the series, visit the series page....
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Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...nausea or headaches or depression – they might have harmed the people they love most. [Close-up image of several white, circular pills that have 'extra strong' embossed upon them.] [Close-up image of several white, circular pills that have 'extra strong' embossed upon them.] This article first appeared on Mosaic and is republished here under a Creative Commons licence....
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