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Banning straws isn't enough. We must get serious about climate change

Banning straws isn't enough. We must get serious about climate change

18 October 2018

To head off climate disaster requires difficult changes to our lifestyles, says Adam Corner, and politicians must not be afraid to say so
Making games like Red Dead Redemption 2 shouldn’t be such hard work

Making games like Red Dead Redemption 2 shouldn’t be such hard work

16 October 2018

Reports that 2018’s blockbuster video game saw people working 100-hour weeks are troubling, given that tech firms could make workers’ lives easier, says Michael Cook
<i>Paywall: The business of scholarship</i> review – analysis of a scandal

Paywall: The business of scholarship review – analysis of a scandal

5 October 2018

Expect to feel righteous anger and astonishment as the film Paywall exposes the dull-sounding science journal industry, hard at work pocketing your tax money

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