Is Genetic Testing Overrated?

DNA testing is big business - but could the results be harmful?

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Should We Rethink the Ban on Child Labour?

Most countries have signed up to a ban on child labour – but is this the best approach?

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Can Delhi Clean Up Its Air?

Air pollution is suffocating Delhi – what can be done?

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What Went Wrong in Indonesia?

Could the earthquake and tsunami that struck Palu, Indonesia have killed fewer people?

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How long can we live?

Life expectancy is rising as medicine advances, but can we beat old age itself?

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Is the China-Africa Love Affair Over?

Investment is slowing, discontent is growing – is this the beginning of the end?

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What Makes A Pariah State?

Countries like Saudi Arabia can get away with murder - why not others?

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Is Russia at War with the West?

The charge sheet against Moscow includes spy killings, hacks and election interference

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Is the West at War with Russia?

Nato is accused of provoking Russia and breaking promises

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Why Is Brexit So Hard?

A deal between the UK and the EU is on the table – but it’s a deal that few like.

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Is this the Most Dangerous Time to be a Journalist?

Journalists are being hit with more violence and oppression – what is behind it?

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What did #MeToo Really Achieve?

Has the movement moved away from its original remit as its founder fears?

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How Did We Get Hooked on Vitamins?

Millions of us take a vitamin tablet every day, but how did they become so popular?

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Are We Heading for Another Mass Extinction?

Vanishing species prompt dire warnings about life on earth.

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Can We Stop a Mass Extinction?

Meet the scientists trying to save rare species – and even bring them back from the dead.

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What Would It Take to Impeach Trump?

Evidence of wrongdoing within Trump’s inner circle seems to be mounting

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Should We Fear ‘Designer Babies’?

The technology to edit our baby's DNA has arrived

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Why Can’t So Many Children Read?

With more children in school than ever, why have reading rates been so slow to improve?

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What’s so scary about Huawei?

Smartphones, sanctions and death sentences: what's going on with Huawei?

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Why don't we care about Yemen?

Why is the world not focused on the death, destruction and famine in Yemen?

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How do we stop young people killing themselves?

Innovative and unexpected ways to tackle youth suicide are emerging around the world

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Can radicalised kids recover?

How do you rehabilitate a child caught up in violent extremism?

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Are smart cities dumb?

A bright new future of clean power and easy living, or a science fiction nightmare?

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Will populism destroy the European Union?

The EU faces what’s described as an existential crisis as support for populism grows.

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What is the Wagner Group?

This group of fighters-for-hire has been active around the world. What’s going on?

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How is space changing Earth?

What motivates the global space race - power, prestige or social progress?

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Why has the Kashmir crisis lasted so long?

For 70 years India and Pakistan have fought over Kashmir. What has fuelled the violence?

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How scared should we be?

The news today can be pretty terrifying, but how scared should we really be?

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How can we feed 11 billion people?

The challenge to produce enough food to feed our growing population

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Can you make gangs good?

Ecuador legalised some of its gangs in 2007, but did it work?

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