Latest articles by Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK
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Australia’s teens brace for social media banIn The Spotlight Under-16s will be banned from having accounts on major platforms
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Poems can force AI to reveal how to make nuclear weaponsUnder The Radar ‘Adversarial poems’ are convincing AI models to go beyond safety limits
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The teacher you wished you’d had: the electric rise of Hannah FryIn The Spotlight The star mathematician is fronting “The Rest Is Science” podcast
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How AI chatbots are ending marriagesUnder The Radar When one partner forms an intimate bond with AI it can all end in tears
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How music can help recovery from surgeryUnder The Radar A ‘few gentle notes’ can make a difference to the body during medical procedures
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Who could replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader?The Explainer Rumours of a leadership challenge have swept through the Labour ranks
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‘Like a gas chamber’: the air pollution throttling DelhiUnder The Radar Indian capital has tried cloud seeding to address the crisis, which has seen schools closed and outdoor events suspended
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Revisionism and division: Franco’s legacy five decades onIn The Spotlight Events to mark 50 years since Franco’s death designed to break young people’s growing fascination with the Spanish dictator
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The expanding world of child skincareUnder the Radar Beauty line for kids as young as three sparks ‘rage’
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‘Laughing stock’: Anthony Joshua’s £140m bout with Jake PaulTalking Point Boxing fans have expressed concerns the YouTuber may not survive the fight with British heavyweight
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Has 21st-century culture become too bland?Under The Radar New book argues that the algorithm has killed creative originality
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Morgan McSweeney: has he lost control of Keir Starmer’s No. 10?In the Spotlight Downing Street chief of staff is under pressure again after a reported ‘shouty’ row with Wes Streeting
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‘Kilts not gilts’: the new Scottish bondsThe Explainer ‘Proud day for Scotland’ as SNP government plans to issue bonds to fund infrastructure investment
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How the UK will eradicate animal testingThe Explainer Ministers plan to replace vivisection with AI and other innovations
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Ten years after Bataclan: how has France changed?Today's Big Question ‘Act of war’ by Islamist terrorists was a ‘shockingly direct challenge’ to Western morality
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How Gail’s became the symbol of high-street gentrificationIn The Spotlight Upmarket bakery chain has been bitterly resisted by residents in several areas
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Has ‘poppy politics’ got out of hand?Talking Point ‘Toxic’ debate over red and white poppies is another front in the culture wars
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Vladimir Putin’s ‘nuclear tsunami’ missileThe Explainer Russian president has boasted that there is no way to intercept the new weapon
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China’s burgeoning coffee cultureUnder The Radar Local chains are thriving as young middle-class consumers turn away from tea
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‘The Big Crunch’: why science is divided over the future of the universeThe Explainer New study upends the prevailing theory about dark matter and says it is weakening
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The longest US government shutdown in historyThe Explainer Federal employees and low-income households have been particularly affected by ‘partisan standoffs’ in Washington
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The rise in unregulated pregnancy scansUnder The Radar Industry body says some private scan clinics offer dangerously misleading advice
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David Beckham’s rocky road to knighthoodIn The Spotlight Football star has waged a ‘20-year campaign’ for the honour
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How drugs became ‘endemic’ in UK prisonsThe Explainer Buzzing drones drop drugs into prisons ‘like a pack of wasps’ as drug-related deaths spike behind bars
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