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Loneliness among over 50s likely to increase in the next seven years

26 September 2018

The number of older people who are lonely will increase by around 50 per cent in the next seven years, says the charity Age UK


Flood

Devastation continues more than a week after Hurricane Florence

26 September 2018

More than a week after Hurricane Florence reached the US, the record-breaking amount of rain it dumped is still causing devastation


Paralysis

Paralysis need not mean paralysis for life

26 September 2018

Despite prevailing medical wisdom saying it shouldn't work, implants have allowed paralysed people to walk again. We need to pin down the science to help others


Dice

Mathematicians must be more prepared to test their truths

26 September 2018

Mathematical proofs embody a Platonic ideal of eternal truth. Two major contested proofs this week show the need for more controversy, not less


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We thought the Incas couldn't write. These knots change everything

26 September 2018

A lost language encoded in intricate cords is finally revealing its secrets – and it could upend what we know about Incan history and culture


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Opinions vary on whether we know it all

26 September 2018


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By its bouncing shall you know this battery's state

26 September 2018


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On the knotty issue of bow ties and neckwear

26 September 2018


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The tale of James Croll and ice ages is tangled (2)

26 September 2018


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The tale of James Croll and ice ages is tangled (1)

26 September 2018


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