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Most data centers are being built in the wrong climate
The explainer Data centers require substantial water and energy. But certain locations are more strained than others, mainly due to rising temperatures.
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Electoral pacts: which parties might do a deal at the next election?
The Explainer Traditional parties refuse to hold formal talks with rivals but a quiet arrangement ‘makes sense’
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How prediction markets have spread to politics
The explainer Everything’s a gamble
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The truth about vitamin supplements
The Explainer UK industry worth £559 million but scientific evidence of health benefits is ‘complicated’
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Why recognizing Somaliland is so risky for Israel
THE EXPLAINER By wading into one of North Africa’s most fraught political schisms, the Netanyahu government risks further international isolation
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Biggest political break-ups and make-ups of 2025
The Explainer From Trump and Musk to the UK and the EU, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a round-up of the year’s relationship drama
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Art that made the news in 2025
The Explainer From a short-lived Banksy mural to an Egyptian statue dating back three millennia
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Which side is winning the war in Ukraine?
The Explainer Sensing the ‘imminent collapse’ of Ukrainian forces, Moscow is happy to reject US peace plan in hope of greater victory
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The history of US nuclear weapons on UK soil
The Explainer Arrangement has led to protests and dangerous mishaps
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Democrats vs. Republicans: who do the billionaires back?
The Explainer Younger tech titans join 'boys' club throwing money and support' behind President Trump, while older plutocrats quietly rebuke new administration
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The Kennedy dynasty: the future of America’s most famous political clan
The Explainer All you need to know about the family’s younger generation
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How climate change is affecting Christmas
The Explainer There may be a slim chance of future white Christmases
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The strangely resilient phenomenon of stowaways on planes
The Explainer Lapses in security are still allowing passengers to board flights without tickets or passports
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What Nick Fuentes and the Groypers want
The Explainer White supremacism has a new face in the US: a clean-cut 27-year-old with a vast social media following
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Inside Minnesota’s extensive fraud schemes
The Explainer The fraud allegedly goes back to the Covid-19 pandemic
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