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An anti AfD protest with people carrying banners in Germany

How should Labour and the Tories respond to the populist right? Lessons from Europe

March 7, 2025

A photo of a drainage ditch which runs through a field in rural Somerset. The Bristol Channel headland of Brean Down can be seen in the background.

Ditches and canals are a big, yet overlooked, source of greenhouse gas emissions – new study

A yellow car with 007 written on it

James Bond is now controlled by Amazon – the franchise’s history holds clues to the future of 007

February 24, 2025

A man standing at the edge of a wooden pier

Cottontail review: how a man’s journey through grief mirrors our search for peace – by an expert in death and grieving

February 19, 2025

A photo of a judge banging his hammer

Lucy Letby case: the problems with expert evidence

February 7, 2025

An iron age hut

Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain

January 24, 2025

Golden football

Why Manchester City offered Erling Haaland the longest contract in Premier League history

January 22, 2025

weight loss formulas under the microscope

Weight loss drugs help with fat loss – but they cause bone and muscle loss too

January 2, 2025

A woman proposing to a man

Why don’t more women choose to propose to their male partners?

December 20, 2024

The case for lying to kids about Santa – from a philosopher

December 6, 2024