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Published on Saturday, 19 July 2008 19:00 | | 
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You’ll do yourself and the planet a favour, writes Tom Hodgkinson, a keen advocate of the Lying Around in Fields Society
Lying around in fields seems to me to be an eminently practical and enjoyable way to promote your chosen issue, whether it be peak oil or climate change, because by lying around in fields you are doing no harm whatsoever to the planet.
Published on Wednesday, 09 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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Rising figures for teenage pregnancy and STDs have led two leading sexual health charities to call for mandatory classes about sex and relationships for children as young as four.
They claim that the government is failing young people because they’re not teaching them about the emotional side of sex and relationships, giving them the confidence as they grow older to make safe decisions about their sexual health.
Published on Wednesday, 16 July 2008 05:07 | | |
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Soaring food prices triggering riots in several countries, climate change
threatening increased population displacement and the world's growing
demand for energy caught up with both - are these interlinked issues the
new challenges to conflict prevention in Africa?
By Alex Evans, former special adviser to the UK's Secretary of State for International Development
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week, for the first time since it was set up in the 1970s, issues of resource
security – and scarcity – are dominating the G8. Climate change, the Japanese
government’s top G8 priority, is making itself felt faster and stronger than
scientists thought even just a few years ago. Food prices have risen 83 per
cent in three years; oil is just below $145 – its highest level ever.
Published on Tuesday, 08 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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A cool one million dollars awaits the person who can uncover or prove the amazing 'Riemann Hypothesis', writes Phil Becque
This is the image that will define the new age that waits for us to discover - a brilliant German mathematician who died young, leaving behind him an incredible legacy that the best minds of our age have yet to discover.
Published on Thursday, 17 July 2008 09:04 | | |
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Bill Nighy's career took off after he faced his own demons at the age of 42. Sixteen years later he is still mesmerising audiences with his unique brand of crumpled vulnerability and total manliness.
Alan Franks interviews Nighy about his unexpected rise to late stardom and the point when he realised the time was right to turn his life around.
Published on Thursday, 17 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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Kids get a lot of bad press. We're told that they’re rude, selfish, consumeristic, with no manners, no motivation and no interest in anyone but themselves. But in fact there are engaged and altruistic young people out there everywhere.
Geraldine Royds investigates
These particular children are especially inspiring. They are not waiting for adults to do it - they are busy making things happen themselves. They are bringing about the changes they want to see.
Published on Monday, 14 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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Astronomers have uncovered an extreme stellar machine - a galaxy in the very remote universe pumping out stars at a surprising rate of up to 4,000 per year. In comparison, our own Milky Way galaxy turns out an average of just ten stars per year.
The discovery, made possible by several telescopes including NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, goes against the most common theory of galaxy formation. According to the theory, called the Hierarchical Model, galaxies slowly bulk up their stars over time by absorbing tiny pieces of galaxies - and not in one big burst as observed in the newfound 'Baby Boom' galaxy.