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Health, Sports & Psychology
How can knowing how DNA repairs itself help defeat cancer?
DNA can repair itself. Which is great news for most cells - but if we know how it pulls off the trick, we can stop cancer cells from fighting against treament.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?
The startling discovery that hundreds of thousands of Brazilians have a genetic mutation that undermines their ability to resist cancer is helping labs worldwide in their search for new treatments for the disease. Sue Armstrong explains.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Strange coloured teeth; strange coloured bones
Are bones and teeth always white? Not always...
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Digital & Computing
Do people need Peeple?
Assuming it's not all some marketing prank, the Peeple app looks set to create a new way for people to be mean to each other. Ansgar Koene says you better prepare yourself.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Hans Rosling: Presenting data on carbon emissions
Think China is the biggest gas guzzler? Hans Rosling exposes this myth by showing carbon emissions per capita.
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Science, Maths & Technology
On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
With the birth of television as a mass medium, suddenly a whole new visual language was needed. One that would work on tiny, flickering, monochromatic screeens. The work of pioneering TV graphic designers set the standards that still influence what is shown on TV today.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?
Telling cancer from non-cancer is tough for brain surgeons. Scorpions, Amazon.com and the legacy of a dying girl might change that, writes Alex O'Brien.
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Science, Maths & Technology
What do the latest pictures of Pluto tell us?
Dave Rothery takes a look at the latest images reaching us from Pluto
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History & The Arts
A visit to Ada Lovelace's memorial
Although her contribution to computing was far from being acknowledged at the time of her death, Ada Lovelace's family, and her inclusion in Byron's poetry, was enough to make her a subject of fascination. In 1853, The Leicester Chronicle sent a reporter to visit the memorial erected in her honour. This is his report.
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Science, Maths & Technology
An introduction to visualising development data
Tony Hirst and Hans Rosling introduce us to visualising development data and explore bar charts, line charts and scatter graphs.
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Society, Politics & Law
When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants
The outpouring of hashtag grief over the detah of Aylan Kurdi, and related support for #refugeeswelcome shows how people acting together can have effects beyond those the power of individuals.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Do sperm whales speak with local accents?
A survey suggests that sperm whale culture might be surprisingly elaborate - and that whales have regional dialects.