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What does class mean today in Britain? Podcast

Social class continues to influence British people’s opportunities and the way they think about them, even if the boundaries between those classes have shifted.

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A giant biotechnology company might be about to go bust. What will happen to the millions of people’s DNA it holds?

Since it was founded nearly two decades ago, 23andMe has grown into one of the largest biotechnology companies in the world. Millions of people have used its simple genetic testing service, which involves ordering a saliva test, spitting into a tube, and sending it back to the company for a…

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A sister’s last hope to save her brother from addiction – David Vincent Smith’s He Ain’t Heavy is a triumphant debut

So, on we go His welfare is of my concern No burden is he to bear We’ll get there For I know He would not encumber me He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother by The Hollies Writer–Director David Vincent Smith’s reference to The…

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Victor Ambros on the team effort behind his Nobel-prize winning discovery of microRNA – podcast

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were awarded the 2024 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of microRNA, tiny biological molecules that tell the cells in our body what kind of cell to be by turning on and off certain genes.

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Meet the winners of this year’s Three Minute Thesis competition

The winners of a competition which challenges academics to explain their research in just three minutes have been announced.

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Wildlife, climate and plastic: how three summits aim to repair a growing rift with nature

By the end of 2024, nearly 200 nations will have met at three conferences to address three problems: biodiversity loss, climate change and plastic pollution.

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Three letters, one number, a knife and a stone bridge: how a graffitied equation changed mathematical history

On October 16 1843, the Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton had an epiphany during a walk alongside Dublin’s Royal Canal. He was so excited he took out his penknife and carved his discovery right then and there on Broome Bridge.

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Why might people believe in human-made hurricanes? Two conspiracy theory psychologists explain

Hurricane Milton slammed into the west coast of Florida on October 9, becoming the second powerful hurricane to hit the state in just two weeks.

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This course explores the history of contested presidential elections

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

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Thatcher, Blair and a brief history of class in British politics – podcast

When Tony Blair came to power in 1997 as the first Labour prime minister in a generation, his government became associated with the phrase “we’re all middle class now”.

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Tunisia’s young democracy flounders as its president wins a second term

There was tension hanging in the air as I walked through Tunisia’s capital city, Tunis, in July, just months before the country’s latest presidential election. The conversations I had in cafes and markets confirmed people’s uncertainty and apprehension about the state of their country.

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Happiness class is helping clinically depressed school teachers become emotionally healthy − with a cheery assist from Aristotle

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

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Wildlife loss is taking ecosystems nearer to collapse – new report

Even for a conservation biologist numbed to bad news about nature, the biennial Living Planet report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is a stark reminder of our failure to arrest the loss of biodiversity – the variety of living things and the ecosystems they live in.

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What Israel and its neighbours want now as all-out war looms in the Middle East – podcast

The Middle East is perilously close to all-out war. In the year since the October 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel, millions of people have been displaced from their homes in Gaza, Israel, the West Bank and now Lebanon, and tens of thousands killed.

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Fix the climate or appease the fossil fuel industry – we can’t do both

Britain ended more than 140 years of coal power when it closed its last generator in September.

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Why it’s so hard to kick fossil fuels out of sport

Governments and public relations firms are under pressure to, in UN secretary-general António Guterres’s words, stop “fuelling the madness” and ban fossil fuel advertising or cut ties with the industry.

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From mass deportations to huge tariff hikes, here’s what Trump’s economic program would do to the US and Australia

It’s time to take Donald Trump seriously. Betting markets say it’s as likely as not he will be elected US president four weeks from today.

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What is amortisation, and what does it have to do with Peter Dutton’s nuclear proposal?

This article is part of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we ask experts to discuss key concepts in business, economics and finance.

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When did class stop predicting who people vote for in Britain? Know Your Place podcast

In the first episode of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics, a new podcast series from The Conversation Documentaries, we explore when the relationship between class and voting broke down and why.

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A year of devastation: with hope and trust shattered, what can bring an end to the violence in Israel-Palestine?

On October 7 2023, Hamas launched a savage attack on southern Israel, massacring around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting another 240 people. The following day, I wrote in an analysis for The Conversation:

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Dockworkers pause strike after Biden administration’s appeal to patriotism hits the mark

A dockworkers strike that froze operations at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports for 2½ days was paused on Oct. 3, 2024. The Conversation U.S. asked Anna Nagurney, a scholar of supply chains, to assess the extent of disruptions that likely occurred and how the swift return of 45,000 workers…

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World Update: Middle East conflict escalating rapidly – there’s no telling where it will end

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How the Middle East conflict could influence the US election – and why Arab Americans in swing states might vote for Trump

As we near the first anniversary of the October 7 attack on Israel, the conflict in the Middle East has escalated significantly. Iran just launched nearly 200 missiles on Israel, and Israel has continued its fight against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Gaza.

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The secret to healthy and sustainable fish fingers – an expert explains

I like to eat quintessential fish fingers as a crusty bread sandwich, with lemon juice, mayonnaise and salad. And I’m not the only one. Fish fingers are one of the most commonly bought fish products in the UK, with around 1.5 million eaten each day (that’s 18 fish fingers every…

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Food scarcity in Liberia: how women who run households cope

Liberia, with a population of just over 5.6 million people, is one of the world’s ten poorest countries, with a GDP per capita of US$662.50. The lingering effects of two civil wars (1989-2003), Ebola outbreaks (2014-2015) and the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) have left Liberia short of achieving widespread development goals.…

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