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Air conditioning: how it worksThe Explainer UK’s summer heatwaves spark huge rise in demand for Chinese aircon models
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Japan to create first post-war intelligence agencyThe Explainer PM Sanae Takaichi hails ‘first step’ towards strengthening the country’s espionage capabilities in the face of growing Chinese and Russian threats
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Another Arctic island is caught in geopolitical crosshairsThe Explainer But it isn’t the one you are probably thinking of
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How precision medicine is revolutionising healthcare
The Explainer Data-driven genomic mapping is the ‘future of tailored, bespoke medicine’
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Talking Points
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Ann Widdecombe: a political murder?Talking Point Police are still investigating the motive for the murder of former Reform UK politician and TV personality
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Ai Weiwei: Button Up! – an exhibition of ‘extraordinary’ courageTalking Point As a critic of the Chinese Communist Party, the artist’s ‘risk has real meaning’, but he has ‘never excelled in nuance’
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The stock market as a measure of Trump’s successTalking Points A metric that leaves out small businesses, many Americans
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Under the Radar
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The ‘gruff’ outsider threatening Benjamin NetanyahuUnder The Radar Gadi Eisenkot is the latest challenger hoping to unseat the Israeli veteran
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Australia and Fiji’s new defence pactUnder the Radar Alliance is one of a flurry of treaties Canberra is making in the Pacific to cooperate on security and counter China’s growing influence
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Why there’s ‘raspberry sugar’ in spaceUnder the Radar Evidence of erythrulose ‘particularly relevant’ for origin-of-life research
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Speed Reads
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Canadian wildfire smoke spreads over USSpeed Read Large swaths of the US remain under air quality warnings
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Pentagon announces testosterone screeningsSpeed Read New soldiers must “have the right testosterone levels to operate at” their “absolute best,” Hegseth said
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AG nominee Blanche grilled at confirmation hearingSpeed Read Democrats hammered Blanche for his role in the Epstein file redactions
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China reports sluggish economic growthSpeed Read The nation’s economy grew just 4.3% compared to the same period last year
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