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FactCheck: beware scary headlines about volcanoes
The Pacific region has seen two high-profile eruptions in recent weeks – but be wary of dramatic headlines about possible catastrophe.
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Tehran professor, Hamed Mousavi: ‘Iran cannot show restraint forever’
Hamed Mousavi is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tehran.
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Tehran University’s Nasser Hadian on Trump: ‘Population will rally round Rouhani’
Nasser Hadian is professor of political sciences at Tehran University. Vali Nasr is a noted Iran expert and dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
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Superstar physicist tackles the complexities of time
Carlo Rovelli’s first book ‘Seven Brief Lessons on Physics’ was one of the fastest-selling science books on record. Now, he’s back to explore the mysteries of time.
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NASA launches satellite into orbit in search of life
NASA has launched its new satellite into orbit on a two year mission to scour star systems for potential signs of life. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite – known more colloquially as TESS, has four specialised cameras on board enabling it to view around 20 million stars. Scientists leading the mission say they don’t know…
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Antarctica’s ice sheet melting from below
Scientists have discovered that Antarctica’s ice sheet is melting from below even though it can’t be seen from the surface. Researchers used satellite images to work out how the warming ocean waters were eroding the ice – and understand the environmental change. Our science editor Tom Clarke reports.
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Cot deaths could be linked to genetic mutations
In the 1990s campaigns to tackle cot deaths were amazingly successful – reducing the tragedy of sudden infant deaths by 81 per cent in the UK. But since then the number of cases has remained constant at around 300 a year. Now scientists have identified a particular gene that could be a factor in some…
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Q&A on Cambridge Analytica: The allegations so far, explained
What has Cambridge Analytica actually been accused of? And why should you care?
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Long read: Does the UK’s case against Russia stack up?
When a former Russian spy and his daughter were found slumped on a park bench in Salisbury, it wasn’t long before investigators started looking at the Kremlin with suspicion. But how strong is the UK’s evidence against Russia? And what do the experts think?
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FactCheck: High-profile deaths on British soil with alleged links to the Kremlin
Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in hospital after exposure to what is believed to be a nerve agent. There’s no conclusive evidence yet to tell us who’s responsible. But this isn’t the first time that someone with links to the Kremlin has been attacked on British soil.
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FatCheck: will the government’s calorie cuts work?
The government has announced its ambition to reduce the number of calories in some popular foods by 20 per cent by 2024. Will this really help the nation lose weight? There’s often confusion and debate about how best to tackle the UK’s obesity epidemic. Some commentators have blamed obesity on over-consumption of certain food types like…
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Black Panther and diversity in film
Last night’s Oscars set out to celebrate and champion diversity, so is this a moment which really could mark a sea change, reflecting true multiculturalism in film? The all-black superhero movie Black Panther has just been breaking box office records, and it has drawn attention to Afrofuturism, which merges science fiction with African identity and…
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Frozen Britain – Channel 4 News special – Saturday 3 March 7-8pm
With plummeting temperatures and extreme snow storms, Britain is still being battered by cold chaos. Tomorrow night we will bring you a special extended programme on this week’s unprecedented cold snap. With reports from Scotland, Wales and the South-West of England, we’ll cover what havoc the ‘Beast from the East’ has wrought on the country…
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The latest from eastern Ghouta as airstrikes ‘kill 500’
“Today we’ll see if Russia has a conscience” declared the US Ambassador to the UN this evening. All the while Syria has been pounding eastern Ghouta with warplanes and artillery guns. Activists and rescuers say around forty-one people have been killed today, taking the total this week to over 500. Warning: this report contains distressing…
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The government is fighting ISIS online – but could it censor journalists?
The government has developed new technology which can “automatically detect terrorist content” online.