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Decoding fossils to understand climate change

Covering about 70% of the Earth’s surface, the world’s oceans are seen as an important marker of climate change, with rising sea temperatures and acidity today a cause of increasing concern. Life on earth has been close to extinction at least five times in the last 500 million years, and in most cases, the secret […]

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The changing face of work

There used to be a day when young people climbing onto the employment ladder could expect to do better than their parents, get a better job, take a step up the social scale. Those were the days of the job for life, the solid retirement pension at the end of a career. Those days are […]

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Take control of your personal data with new EU rules on data protection

When you go online to shop, file your tax return or use social media, you can feel more confident than ever about what happens to the personal information you provide. This is because the GDPR gives you key rights to help you control how organisations use your personal data and makes sure that they also […]