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Uganda discharged its last remaining Ebola patient on Thursday. Source link
Would leaving the ECHR really 'stop the boats'?
The extent to which leaving the Convention would make a difference to immigration has been greatly exaggerated, argues Lord Sumption Source link
Pam Bondi’s Shameless Message to Democrats
Joan Walsh You have no power. The post Pam Bondi’s Shameless Message to Democrats appeared first on The Nation. Source link
Badenoch hopes to grab attention with policy blitz
The Tory leader’s conference speech included a new pledge to scrap stamp duty on the purchase of main homes. Source link
Electrons inside graphene have been pushed to supersonic speeds
Making electrons flow like a liquid is difficult, but inside graphene researchers forced them to move so fast that they created dramatic shockwaves Source link
Blue Planet Red is wrong about Mars – but it's surprisingly poignant
Brian Cory Dobbs’s documentary promotes the baseless idea that Mars was once inhabited by an advanced civilisation. But there’s some value in how it inadvertently documents a generation of otherwise-sensible scientists, says Simon Ings Source link
Learning to play nice with other people
How did cooperation emerge in a cut-throat world? There are clues in the prisoner’s dilemma experiment, says Peter Rowlett Source link
The Whispers of Rock is a personal journey through aeons of geology
In her new book, earth scientist Anjana Khatwa writes a love letter to Earth’s rocks and mountains, offering a passionate blend of science and spirituality Source link
We are horrified to discover that not every rose has a thorn
Feedback is shocked to learn that one of our most cherished metaphors involving roses and thorns really needs to be revisited. That’s what happens when you invite the botanists to play Source link
Why not all ultra-processed foods are bad for you
Just because a food is ultra-processed doesn’t mean it is unhealthy. Regulation and eating advice must reflect this, say Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall, co-authors of Food Intelligence: The science of how food both nourishes and harms us Source link
How pie-in-the-sky conspiracies distract from climate dangers
The conspiracy theory that bad actors use “chemtrails” from aircraft to poison us sucks energy from legitimate protest against aviation’s effects on the climate, says Graham Lawton Source link