Tag: Global
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The ruthless female characters of The Gentlemen, Beef and Peaky Blinders bring new depth to the evil matriarch stereotypeTelevision loves a gangster story – and apparently so does the Duchess of Sussex. This week, Netflix’s The Gentlemen – Guy Ritchi…
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There’s no excuse for being UV-reckless with these new optionsAlmost half of UK adults do not apply sunscreen daily. If you think even this woeful figure sounds surprisingly high, I agree with you – some surveys have daily SPF use as low as 8% in the…
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PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, PC; Bit ReactorSplit priorities between scripted and emergent story moments hamper an otherwise brilliant Star Wars-themed successor to XCOMEven if you’re unfamiliar with the term “emergent storytelling”, you’ve likely…
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The political thinker became famous for declaring the triumph of liberal democracy. Thirty-seven years on, he explains what he really meant and why he made the rare journey from right to leftThere are not many public intellectuals who can say they’ve…
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“We were just looking at the plate of rice, bhai, instead of eating. Just seeing rice on the plane was enough to fill our stomachs.” This is how Mashiur Rahman described receiving a meal of rice on the flight back to Bangladesh from Libya after 45 lo…
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Cultivated meat aims to produce meat from animal cells in the laboratory without needing to raise a living animal for meat production. It has been proposed as a potentially more sustainable alternative to conventional meat production. Yet recreating …
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All known life on Earth uses the same genetic alphabet, consisting of four letters. Now, researchers at the University of California San Diego have demonstrated that one of biology’s most essential enzymes can accurately read and transcribe an expand…
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When Arizona counts heat-related deaths, Adam Willson isn’t included. His story shows how thousands of heat deaths can go uncounted every year in the United States.
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Lianyong Wei’s death marks the 57th death of an immigrant detainee held in the care of the government since the start of President Trump’s second term. Twenty-four of those have occurred since Jan. 1.
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The recent trade war between the U.S. and Canada has both economic and political implications for Michigan given it’s the state’s top trade partner.