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In UK universities there is a daily erosion of integrity
The Bologna statement, which defines the very purpose of universities, doesn’t seem to apply to the UK any more.
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Could it be your gut keeping you awake at night?
An increasing number of scientists are waking up to the idea of a link between the digestive system and problems with sleep.
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Fake books sold on Amazon could be used for money laundering
Books of gibberish are listed on Amazon.com for thousands of dollars, with one author claiming his name was used to send almost $24,000 to a fraudulent seller
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This is America: the theories behind Childish Gambino's satirical masterpiece
The rapper, AKA Donald Glover, has released a cryptic new video that amassed 10m views in 24 hours and has been hailed as a work of genius. But what does it mean?
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Finnegans Wake the book the web was invented for
James Joyce’s difficult masterpiece has baffled readers for over seven decades, but music, reading-aloud and digital technologies are opening up rich new interpretations
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Can’t sleep? Tell yourself it’s not a big deal
There’s growing evidence that thinking of yourself as an insomniac is a major part of the problem
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Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth
Biggest analysis to date reveals huge footprint of livestock - it provides just 18% of calories but takes up 83% of farmland.
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The inconvenient truth about cancer and mobile phones
We dismiss claims about mobiles being bad for our health – but is that because studies showing a link to cancer have been cast into doubt by the industry?
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Psychiatrists under fire in mental health battle
British Psychological Society to launch attack on rival profession, casting doubt on biomedical model of mental illness
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Employers are monitoring computers, toilet breaks even emotions. Is your boss watching you?
From microchip implants to wristband trackers and sensors that can detect fatigue and depression, new technology is enabling employers to watch staff in more and more intrusive ways. How worried should we be?
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A real-life Lord of the Flies: the troubling legacy of the Robbers Cave experiment
In the early 1950s, the psychologist Muzafer Sherif brought together a group of boys at a US summer camp – and tried to make them fight each other. Does his work teach us anything about our age of resurgent tribalism?