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The tweeting detective

Millions of us use social media to interact with each other. But what happens when a public body like...

Cameron’s EU rebel headache

UK prime minister David Cameron will arrive in Brussels and the EU’s second summit this week, bruised from a...

The face of a liar

Can you tell if someone’s lying? It’s harder than you might think, which is why investigators and border agencies...

Nobel Committee controversy

It’s been a week of Nobel prize announcements – from Literature to Chemistry – but perhaps the most prestigious...

Clothes cleaning the air

Here’s a no-brainer: the quality of the air we breath is very important to our health. Which is why...

How 9/11 changed the UK

Just hours after the 9/11 attacks, the then UK prime minister Tony Blair made it clear he would stand...