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Teachers play a pivotal role in helping young people live with futures shaped by local and global environmental challenges.
How to empower teachers and help students prepare for a sustainable future
Teachers play a pivotal role in helping young people live with futures shaped by local and global environmental challenges.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Trump’s influence looms large at the Cop30 climate talks in Brazil.
How Trump’s trade policies are weakening international climate commitments
Trump’s influence looms large at the Cop30 climate talks in Brazil.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Cleaner air is progress, but injustice remains. Environmental racism still decides who breathes dirty air, who gets sick and who gets heard
Pollution, poverty and power: the real cost of environmental inequality in the UK
Cleaner air is progress, but injustice remains. Environmental racism still decides who breathes dirty air, who gets sick and who gets heard
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November 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Long-term melatonin users were about three times more likely to develop heart failure, but the link may not be what you think.
Should you worry about melatonin and heart failure? The evidence isn’t clear
Long-term melatonin users were about three times more likely to develop heart failure, but the link may not be what you think.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
In the second episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail podcast series, explore romance in Pride and Prejudice and visit a Regency ball at the Grand Assembly Rooms.

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How Jane Austen used to invent stories for her nieces
Every heroine in aJane Austennovel ends up married. That her novels centre on love and marriage has sometimes led critics to dismiss them as light or frivolous. But beneath every courtship and proposal lies a sharp commentary on class, money, morality and the limited choices available to women in Georgian England. While marriage is a conclusion Jane Austen chose for her characters, it is not one she chose for herself. In the second episode ofJane Austen’s Paper Trail podcast series, explore romance in Pride and Prejudice and visit a Regency ball at the Grand Assembly Rooms. Listen to the episode: https://pod.link/1844385976 Read the article: https://theconversation.com/jane-austen-perfected-the-love-story-but-kept-her-own-independence-269048 #janeausten250 #janeausten #podcastclips #podcast
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November 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
What to look out for at Cop30.
Five key issues at the UN climate summit in Brazil – and why they matter to you and the planet
What to look out for at Cop30.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Thirty minutes of daily brain games strengthened neural activity in memory centres, making older brains look ten years younger on scans.
Can brain training really shave ten years off brain ageing, as a recent study suggests?
Thirty minutes of daily brain games strengthened neural activity in memory centres, making older brains look ten years younger on scans.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.
Medieval women’s legacies live on in Britain’s towns and cities
As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Tim Davie and Deborah Turness have resigned over complaints of institutional bias but external perspectives on the broadcaster are far from uniform.
Trust in the BBC is heavily tied to political identity
Tim Davie and Deborah Turness have resigned over complaints of institutional bias but external perspectives on the broadcaster are far from uniform.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is warning that China could pull ahead. Two experts offer opposing views on whether he’s right.
Will China win the AI race?
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is warning that China could pull ahead. Two experts offer opposing views on whether he’s right.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
When scholarship is politically steered, the public loses access to evidence and the means to hold power to account.
Why threats to academic freedom are growing – and how universities can respond to intimidation
When scholarship is politically steered, the public loses access to evidence and the means to hold power to account.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The BBC must now recruit two high-level executives, just as it should be readying for its 2027 royal charter renewal.
Why has the BBC’s director general resigned and what could happen next?
The BBC must now recruit two high-level executives, just as it should be readying for its 2027 royal charter renewal.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The play is a dizzying amalgamation of influences, mercurial talents and creativity that sits among the defining achievements of its generation.
Stereophonic: this play about an ailing rock band is a must-see masterpiece
The play is a dizzying amalgamation of influences, mercurial talents and creativity that sits among the defining achievements of its generation.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Colostrum protects newborns in their most vulnerable hours. Now it is being sold to adults in supplement form.
Can colostrum supplements improve your skin, gut and immune system? A nutritionist explains
Colostrum protects newborns in their most vulnerable hours. Now it is being sold to adults in supplement form.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Current action isn’t enough - here’s how nations can better adapt to climate change now and in the future.
How five countries are adapting to the climate crisis
Current action isn’t enough - here’s how nations can better adapt to climate change now and in the future.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The episode highlights serious problems with accountability in Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in custody.
Arrest of top whistleblower shows extent of Israeli impunity over torture of Palestinian detainees
The episode highlights serious problems with accountability in Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in custody.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A new UK survey of more than 900 neurodivergent adults has revealed strong feelings about the language of neurodiversity.
What autistic people – and those with ADHD and dyslexia – really think about the word ‘neurodiversity’
A new UK survey of more than 900 neurodivergent adults has revealed strong feelings about the language of neurodiversity.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The evolutionary science of weight regain unpacked.
The science of weight loss – and why your brain is wired to keep you fat
The evolutionary science of weight regain unpacked.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Palestine 36 helps illuminate events in modern-day Palestine through recounting key historical events of its past that are often overlooked.
Palestine 36 tells a forgotten story of revolt – and how the legacy of colonialism endures in Palestine
Palestine 36 helps illuminate events in modern-day Palestine through recounting key historical events of its past that are often overlooked.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.
How a medieval Oxford friar used light and colour to find out what stars and planets are made of
Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Many say UN climate summits are pointless. They’re wrong.
The UN climate summits are working – just not in the way their critics think
Many say UN climate summits are pointless. They’re wrong.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Despite claims of being humane and painless, the use of nitrogen gas for executions and assisted suicide causes air hunger, panic and violent physiological distress.
Silent but not serene: what science says about nitrogen death
Despite claims of being humane and painless, the use of nitrogen gas for executions and assisted suicide causes air hunger, panic and violent physiological distress.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Plastic pollution is often hidden in plain sight – behind positive “eco” or “recyclable” labels, within supply chains and under the convenience of online shopping.
Huge amounts of plastic waste goes unnoticed – here’s what to do about it
Plastic pollution is often hidden in plain sight – behind positive “eco” or “recyclable” labels, within supply chains and under the convenience of online shopping.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Machismo is fighting back hard against female empowerment in Latin America.
The groping of Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum was more than just a personal assault
Machismo is fighting back hard against female empowerment in Latin America.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
A lack of daylight can lead to stress, sleep disruption and cardiovascular disease.
Daylight robbery? How London’s skyscrapers deprive marginalised people of light
A lack of daylight can lead to stress, sleep disruption and cardiovascular disease.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM