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Science, Maths & Technology
The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on
Earlier this week, parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan were hit by a large earthquake. By coincidence, it's ten years since Balakot in Pakistan was devastated by an earlier quake. Michael Semple recently revisited the town to see how, even years later, the community remains in recovery mode.
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History & The Arts
Over the rainbow: Colour in culture and everyday life
Different colours can hold various connotations in culture, language and society. Delve through our range of colours exploring colours and what they mean.
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Money & Business
Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?
Tech accelerators are successful at helping start-ups power forward - but are they just creating new boys' networks?
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Society, Politics & Law
The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate
Last night the wide field of would-be Republican presidential candidates came together for the third debate. A team of academics round-up what happened.
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Science, Maths & Technology
How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Facebook's policy of insisting on real names is causing problems for people who value their privacy. For Ellery Roberts Biddle, the social network is overstepping its boundaries by demanding proof of identity without having proper policies in place to protect its users.
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Society, Politics & Law
Ahmed Hussen's election is another element in Canada's mosaic
Ahmed Hussen, the first Somali-Canadian to be elected as a Canadian MP, is the latest chapter in a story of Canada's ease at absorbing all-comers.
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Society, Politics & Law
It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round
For the first time in the history, an Argentinian presidential election has gone to a second round of polling. How have things got so tight in Buenos Aires?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Why is aggressive female sexuality pathologised on-screen?
Why can't film makers stop themselves from linking female sexuality with mental illness, asks Suzie Gibson
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Society, Politics & Law
Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love
The CIA has cooled its ardour for Homeland, the spy series currently in its fifth season on Channel 4. But really, the guys at Langley couldn't ask for better cheerleaders, says Simon Willmetts
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Society, Politics & Law
Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Once seen as too far left to be anything other than a curiosity in the 2016 race, Bernie Sanders is now looking like a serious contender. Bob Rigg offers his personal view of the current state of the 2016 campaign.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Are things changing in world rugby?
The Rugby World Cup 2015 - plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose? Kath Woodward discusses the social side of sport.
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Society, Politics & Law
Who is Justin Trudeau - and how did he become Canada's new Prime Minister?
The Canadian Liberal Party have, overnight, become the new government. How did the son of a former PM overturn nine years of Conservative rule?