Climate change: Data shows 2016 likely to be warmest year yet
Temperature data for 2016 shows it is likely to have edged ahead of 2015 as the world's warmest year.
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How East and West think in profoundly different ways
Psychologists are uncovering the surprising influence of geography on our reasoning, behaviour, and sense of self.
Syria: IS destroys part of Palmyra’s Roman Theatre
Militants from the Islamic State group have destroyed part of the Roman Theatre in the ancient city of Palmyra.
Dutch PM Rutte: ‘If you don’t like it here, then leave’
Weeks before Dutch voters go to the polls, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that anyone who rejects the country's values should leave.
Trump backs Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines
US President Donald Trump has infuriated environmentalists by signing executive orders that support two controversial oil pipelines.
Northumbria Uni fined after ‘life-threatening’ caffeine test
A university has been fined after two students suffered "life-threatening" effects when they were given 100 times too much caffeine in an experiment.
Madeleine Albright and Big Bang actress ‘ready to join Muslim registry’
A former US Secretary of State and a Big Bang Theory actress have both vowed to register as Muslim if Donald Trump creates a database of Muslim Americans.
Robots and drones take over classrooms
Classrooms are noticeably more hi-tech these days - interactive boards, laptops and online learning plans proliferate...
Fillon pay row: New claim over wife’s ‘fake jobs’
France's centre-right presidential candidate, Francois Fillon, has been hit by further allegations on the day that anti-corruption police raided his office in parliament.
The mythical ‘monsters’ that hide in lakes
In 1981, reports of a lake-dwelling monster caught the attention of Herman Regusters, an aerospace engineer then at California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
