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Humans

Tackling inequality means first understanding the problem

Research shows it’s not actually inequality we care about – it’s unfairness. But that fact shouldn’t be interpreted as supporting the status quo

Leader

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Technology

Novichok attack tests the world's chemical weapons treaty

Analysis

The inequality delusion: Why we've got the wealth gap all wrong

Humans

The inequality delusion: Why we've got the wealth gap all wrong

Features

Exclusive: Other countries could have made 'Russian' nerve agent

Health

Exclusive: Other countries could have made 'Russian' nerve agent

News

Doomsday clock

Humans

Enlightenment now: The rise and fall of progress

Culture

A visual representation of Facebook and data

Technology

Cambridge Analytica, Trump and Facebook – here’s what we know

News

Military personnel in protective clothing removes vehicles from a car park in Salisbury, Britain, 11 March 2017

Humans

The Novichok spy attack was brazen – it needs a tough response

Comment

A large outdoor screen on the side of a building showing predictions about UK election results in2017

Technology

Election polling accuracy has not improved since the 1940s

Analysis

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Humans

If you hate bad body odour, you're more likely to support Trump

News

Donor registration screen

Health

Why the UK's new opt-out organ donation plan probably won't work

Plans for the whole of the UK to shift to a system where consent for organ donation is assumed may actually do very little to save lives

Analysis

Technology

There's an alt-right alt-Twitter and it's filled with hate

News

Humans

Curbing hate speech isn’t censorship – it’s the law

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Life

Work the crowd: How ordinary people can predict the future

Features

Earth

When it comes to climate change, a tantrum is just what we need

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