Health
Austerity cuts to NHS blamed for 120,000 excess deaths
Excess deaths between 2010 and 2017 correlated most closely with a lack of nurses in care homes and cuts to community nursing
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Technology
How do you link the world’s blockchains? With another blockchain
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Earth
Keystone XL oil pipeline will go ahead despite last week’s spill
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Earth
Latest climate talks actually made progress despite US obstinacy
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Health
Why we should celebrate Scotland’s minimum alcohol price plan
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Earth
The latest science reads remind us why we really do need experts
Culture
Technology
Bitcoin: what a waste of resources
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Environment
A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one
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Earth
We all get poorer every time a climate disaster strikes
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Technology
The stock market is run by wild robots we don’t fully control
Most stock market trades are made by algorithms, not humans, and they've already caused crashes. We need to understand their group behaviour to avoid disaster
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Technology
A house has been bought on the blockchain for the first time
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Humans
Father of ‘nudge’ psychology wins economics Nobel
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Humans
New £10 note suggests that a cashless society is a long way off
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Humans
Why poor countries often stay poor – and how they can get rich
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