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Humans

Speaking up against sexual abuse is hard – #MeToo changes that

Psychology makes us swift to blame those who experience sexual harassment, but the #MeToo movement could be making it easier to speak up, says Nichola Raihani

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Horses bred to look like cartoons are part of a worrying trend

Life

Horses bred to look like cartoons are part of a worrying trend

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A moon base

Space

It was always crazy to shoot for Mars before colonising the moon

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Girls with binary code

Technology

The dearth of women in tech is nothing to do with testosterone

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A man in a lab coat at a desk

Humans

Most science papers turn out to be wrong. It’s time to fix that

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Researchers sitting at their desks celebrate a positive result

Humans

Nobel prizes would be better without all the fame and fortune

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People sitting on park bench

Technology

Hoovering up immigrants' social media data won't make US safer

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Technology

Build an AI god? Beware the downsides of this weird tech plan

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Kids suing nations over climate change wildfire links are right

Earth

Kids suing nations over climate change wildfire links are right

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Technology

Uber's major pile-up with London's regulators is no big surprise

Obsessed with their technology's disruptive potential, fast-moving outfits like Uber have long been on a collision course with regulation, says Paul Marks

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Life

Banning shark fin soup in the US is bad for shark conservation

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Earth

What a surprise – the end of the world has been delayed, again

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Technology

Drone pilots deserve medals even without risking their lives

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Health

Using new study to back high-fat, low-carb diets is flawed logic

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