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How to study abusers: Should reading lists come with a content warning? ~humanities education.higher Article 814 words, published Sep 25 2018 12 votes
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Scientists say halting deforestation 'just as urgent' as reducing emissions ~enviro climate change Article 667 words 26 votes
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Brett Kavanaugh clerk hire casts light on link to US judge forced to quit in #MeToo era ~society politics Article 1467 words 6 votes
Why the UFC's 'sportswashing' of Chechnya’s dictator is a problem ~sports.combat Article 1144 words 10 votes
US President Donald Trump urges world to reject globalism in UN speech that draws mocking laughter ~news usa politics Article 186 words 36 votes
EU, China and Russia in move to sidestep US sanctions on Iran ~news iran china russia usa politics Article 746 words 7 votes
The Maldives has another shot at democracy – but it needs help. At last, the violent rule of Abdulla Yameen is over. But the nation has a long way to go if it is to restore trust in its institutions. ~society politics Article 728 words 7 votes
As Comcast takes control of Sky, Murdoch could yet bounce back. Mogul’s influence on worldwide news is unlikely to be weakened by latest defeat ~news journalism Article 1057 words 5 votes
The business of voluntourism: Do western do-gooders actually do harm? ~life work Article 5309 words, published Sep 13 2018 13 votes
Wizards, Moomins and pirates: The magic and mystery of literary maps ~books literature Article 2024 words 8 votes
NHS beats drug companies in £100m Avastin battle ~health healthcare medicine Article 508 words 5 votes
The death of consensus: How conflict came back to politics ~society politics Article 5479 words 7 votes
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Olympics unlikely to be bridge too far for eSports if the money is right ~sports Article 1027 words 6 votes
Rightwing thinktanks unveil radical plan for US-UK Brexit trade deal ~news usa united kingdom politics Article 899 words 9 votes
Scientific publishing is a rip-off. We fund the research – it should be free ~science Article 1106 words 28 votes
GCHQ data collection violated human rights, Strasbourg court rules. Spies breached right to privacy in programme revealed by Edward Snowden, judges say ~tech privacy Article 10 votes
John Bolton threatens war crimes court with sanctions in virulent attack ~society politics Article 727 words 8 votes
Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell on why we need libraries – an essay in pictures ~books libraries Article 9 votes
Turkey warns Russia an attack on Idlib will turn it into ‘lake of blood’ ~news turkey russia syria.idlib Article 883 words 8 votes
Scientists get ready to begin Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleanup ~enviro pollution conservation plastics Article 856 words 11 votes
'Palau against China!': The tiny island defying the world's biggest country ~news palau china taiwan Article 1214 words 11 votes
BBC admits ‘we get climate change coverage wrong too often’ ~enviro climate change Article 739 words 18 votes
Aggrieved Kurdish fighters quietly join Syrian regime side in battle for Idlib ~news syria.idlib Article 1141 words 7 votes
Sweden's elections: Scandinavian country’s 7.3 million voters go to polls on 9 September. What are the key issues? ~news sweden politics Article 699 words 14 votes
The real Goldfinger: The London banker who broke the world ~finance banking Article 2726 words 8 votes
Making fantasy reality: Alan Lee, the man who redrew Middle-earth ~books fiction Article 1098 words 7 votes
US inmates claim retaliation by prison officials as result of multi-state strike ~life work Article 891 words, published Aug 31 2018 23 votes
I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d like to pass on ~humanities.history Article 1117 words 10 votes
The 10,000-step daily goal is totally arbitrary. The popular setting for wearable fitness tech originated with a Japanese marketing campaign in the mid-1960s. ~health Article 1121 words 10 votes
Who will be king? Three-way battle for control rocks international chess ~games.tabletop Article 1099 words 8 votes
Jehovah’s Witness girl could receive blood against her will during childbirth ~humanities theology religion Article 693 words 8 votes
Logged off: Meet the teens who refuse to use social media ~tech social media internet Article 2097 words 39 votes
Arrest warrant leak fuels suspicions of far-right links with German police ~society politics Article 821 words 8 votes
Climate change has caused a catastrophic drop in the numbers of terns, kittiwakes and puffins ~enviro climate change Article 1474 words, published Jun 3 2018 7 votes
Facebook is being eclipsed by its youthful rival Snapchat ~tech facebook social media Article 781 words 17 votes
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems ~humanities Article 3029 words, published Apr 15 2016 34 votes