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George Monbiot in, London, on research showing that

William Saletan in, contesting the US army’s claim that waterboarding is acceptable because it is inflicted on their own soldiers during training in (SERE)

“Scientists have, to some extent, contributed to creationists’ arguments by using the term ‘theory’ when referring to evolution. It is not a theory but an established law.”

Robin A. Cox in a reader letter to Scientific American

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The Great Wall of China of wall which had been buried by sand. The rediscovered section was built during the Ming dynasty

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A test of Google’s new “” function found 16 pictures of her when the , not usually known for his Hollywood looks

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98 per cent of supermarket products touted as green are actually “greenwash”, a survey by environmental marketing agency TerraChoice concludes