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Zuckerland: Facebook plans to build its own village
If the plans get the go-ahead, Facebook’s Silicon Valley employees will start moving to “Willow Campus” in around four years’ time. Should more big businesses build homes for their workers?
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Treasure in Nigeria: A history of glass
A recent discovery could mean we need to rewrite the history books. Glass making materials have been found along with thousands of glass beads in Nigeria. What can this teach us about past...
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London Bridge: what happened and how politicians reacted
There have been three terrorist attacks in the UK this year. One took place in central London while the UK’s election campaign was in full swing. What happened, and how did politicians react?
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Girl Guide Revamp: do they need new badges?
Girl Guides is undergoing its biggest badge overhaul of the past 50-years. Guides will soon have a range of new badges to choose from. Will they help Girlguiding stand the test of time?
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Alex Rider author told: ‘no black characters’
The author of the Alex Rider series says he was warned against including a black person in his next story. Should white writers be allowed to invent black characters?
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‘Battle of New Orleans’ as statues removed
For some, they are symbols of racism and inequality. For others, they are simply expressions of history. The Confederate statues in New Orleans are being taken down. Is this the right move?
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Corbyn: ‘Make Saints’ Days public holidays’
The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn thinks Britain should get four new bank holidays — one for each UK patron saint. Will this make people prouder to be British?
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Education chief: ‘We must expose fake news’
This weekend, as a senior economist warned of the harm caused to children by fake news, a professor at the London School of Economics said it really might help save good journalism. Why?
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Internet’s ‘most-hated app’ goes public
Peeple (with two ee’s) — an app which asks users to rate their friends and acquaintances — is launched today. It has already been slammed as creepy. Is there anything good about it?
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Robots are ‘electronic persons’, says EU
Lawmakers should give robots rights and a legal status, according to a group of EU politicians. Is it immoral to harm a robot? Or should human needs always come before those of machines?
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New call for policy to be about happiness
Good mental health and having a partner make people happier than doubling their salary, a new study has found. Could this lead to a new politics, in which well-being comes before money?
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Row over ‘offensive’ Halloween costumes
Acid attack survivor Katie Piper has criticised people who dress up with realistic cuts and burns for Halloween. ‘It’s distasteful and offensive,’ she says. Do some costumes go too far?
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Daring. Crazy. Visionary. A colony on Mars
A billionaire inventor has announced plans to set up a new colony on Mars. The risk of death will be ‘high’, he says. But humans must become a ‘spacefaring civilisation’. Is it a good idea?
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‘Ban zoos!’ demand animal rights activists
Harambe the gorilla was killed last May to protect a child who fell into his enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio. Many were furious. The incident has got people asking: do we need zoos at all?
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Dress codes disputed as high heels row grows
A receptionist has been sent home for refusing to wear high heels at work. British people are dressing more casually at work than they used to. Do we need rules about what to wear?