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Conscientious objectors in the second world war: little-known stories of pacifists plagued by doubt but willing to risk their lives

Like many conscientious objectors during the second world war, John Corsellis was acutely aware of the complex and conflicted position he was taking. Years later, he told the Imperial War Museum’s oral history project:

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Your genetic code has lots of 'words' for the same thing – information theory may help explain the redundancies

Nearly all life, from bacteria to humans, uses the same genetic code. This code acts as a dictionary, translating genes into the amino acids used to build proteins. The universality of the genetic code indicates a common ancestry among all living organisms and the essential role this code plays in…

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Curious Kids: what does a nuclear bomb actually do?

I would like to know what a nuclear bomb actually does – Rafael, age 11, Melbourne

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175 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women's suffrage – an iconic moment deeply shaped by Quaker beliefs on gender and equality

On July 19, 1848, nearly 300 men and women gathered in Seneca Falls, New York, to begin the United States’ first public political meeting regarding women’s rights. The Seneca Falls Convention resulted in the Declaration of Sentiments, a document modeled on the U.S. Declaration of Independence that asserted “all men…

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Friday essay: from angry gods and fertile myths to battleships and new technologies – how the wind shapes our world

When it comes to the natural elements, wind’s role in shaping our world can be overlooked. The worship of the sun in ancient cultures such as Egypt is common knowledge, and ancient gods such as the Roman Vulcan deify volcanoes and fire.

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Why Are So Many Libertarians Suddenly Fond of RFK Jr.?

The anti-vax environmental lawyer is not worthy of the rehabilitation tour he's getting from pundits and podcasters.

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Hawaii’s Unusual Aurora: A Nuclear Bomb Triggered The Celestial Light Show

The 1962 Starfish Prime explosion created an artificial aurora visible from New Zealand, impacting Hawaii's infrastructure.

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'I gave birth but did not bring a child to life': for millenia, women expressed their pain through a belief in demonic, female monsters

Sarah Clegg’s Woman’s Lore: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi is about ancient demonic figures, expressly the infamous child-killing monsters of the Near East and Mediterranean. Intimately tied to childbirth and infant and child mortality, such monsters were female in form.

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Belgium's AfricaMuseum has a dark colonial past – it's making slow progress in confronting this history

Racist displays and stories remain on display in several western European museums. They include grotesque objects depicting African people as “savage” and “wild”. Narratives of a “continent without history” and fantasies of European superiority are still told in ethnographic museums, like the Humboldt Forum in Berlin and the Musée du…

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Friday essay: the forgotten female soldiers who fought long ago – and why their stories matter today

On the Swedish island of Björkö lie the remains of Birka, a significant Viking trading post. Birka is studded with burial chambers, stuffed with clues about their occupants – amber, textiles, gold, silver and many other treasures. One particular chamber caught the eye of 19th-century archaeologists, who labelled the grave…

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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand's hero burns the world down when he doesn't get his way. Her fans run the world – should we worry?

Our cultural touchstones series looks at books that have made an impact.

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Proving Fermat's last theorem: 2 mathematicians explain how building bridges within the discipline helped solve a centuries-old mystery

On June 23, 1993, the mathematician Andrew Wiles gave the last of three lectures detailing his solution to Fermat’s last theorem, a problem that had remained unsolved for three and a half centuries. Wiles’ announcement caused a sensation, both within the mathematical community and in the media.

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She's Suing the Fed To Open a Rothbardian Bitcoin Bank

Caitlin Long's Custodia Bank will hold 108 percent of customer funds on deposit...if the Federal Reserve will allow it to open.

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A 79-year-old mathematician may have just solved an infinite dimension puzzle that's vexed theorists for decades

Mathematician Per Enflo, who solved a huge chunk of the 'invariant subspaces problem' decades ago, may have just finished his work.

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'Hot Jupiter' planet killed and ate its Mercury-sized neighbor

A new analysis of the Jupiter-sized exoplanet WASP-76 b reveals that the world is carrying the remains of its long-lost neighbor in its atmosphere.

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The beach 'better than the Caribbean' an hour’s flight away from Manchester Airport

One visitor described it as "the best beach I have visited"

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Cormac McCarthy's fearless approach to writing

Cormac McCarthy, who died on June 13, 2023, at the age of 89, is often characterized rather narrowly as a Southern writer, or perhaps a Southern Gothic writer.

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A 79-year-old mathematician may have just solved an infinite dimension puzzle that's vexed theorists for decades

Mathematician Per Enflo, who solved a huge chunk of the 'invariant subspaces problem' decades ago, may have just finished his work.

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Why Is It So Hard for Victims of Police Abuse To Get Justice?

Joanna Schwartz on how law enforcement "became untouchable"

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The ‘bucket list’ European destination that’s a £25 flight from Manchester Airport

It's been described as something out of a 'fairytale' and a must for Game of Thrones fans

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In the 1800s, colonisers attempted to listen to First Nations people. It didn't stop the massacres

Note of warning: This article refers to deceased Aboriginal people, their words, names and images. Words attributed to them and images in the article are already in the public domain. Also, historical language is used in this article that may cause offence.

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Will A.I. Steal Our Jobs?

Yes, and thank god for that!

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The Anxiety of Influence: Harold Bloom's (not so) influential idea at 50

Joshua Cohen’s ribald campus novel The Netanyahus (2021), winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is set during the winter of 1959-60. It depicts Ben-Zion Netanyahu, father of the current Israeli Prime Minister, during an itinerant phase of his academic career.

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A long and fishy tail: before Disney’s Little Mermaid, these creatures existed in mythologies from around the world

Mermaids are multicultural mythical figures, reflecting the continuing human fascination with the sea in stories echoing thousands of years into the past. Mermaids are found in cultures across the globe.

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Iconic Edinburgh Scottish Widows offices set to turned into new flats and cafe

Three years since the historic A-Listed building was vacated by Scottish Widows, councillors are set to make a decision on plans to demolish part of the site and build 174 apartments next to Holyrood Park

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