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The ‘golden age’ of HIV treatmentThe Explainer Single-pill treatment proves as effective at suppressing virus as multi-pill therapy, while long-acting preventive injections are increasingly available
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How the vagus nerve affects your healthThe Explainer Could our ‘internal communication superhighway’ hold the key to mental and physical wellbeing?
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The row over student loans: is the system unfair?The Explainer Millions of graduates have been left with hefty student loans, at high interest rates
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Between The Rock and a hard place: Gibraltar’s new post-Brexit rulesThe Explainer The UK government will hope that relaxing the land border between Gibraltar and Spain will clear up the ‘last major unresolved issue from Brexit’
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Clubs and competition: AI’s increasing presence on campusThe explainer The technology is affecting all aspects of college life
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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What does Trump want in Iran?The Explainer US president threatening to attack Iran’s nuclear programme, months after boasting of obliterating it
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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What are annuities and how do they work?The Explainer Annuity purchases are on the rise as retirees shelter themselves from rising bills and inheritance tax changes
By Marc Shoffman, The Week UK Published
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Misconduct in public office: how the offence worksThe Explainer Centuries-old criminal offence ‘famously vague’ and hard to prove but can carry a maximum sentence of life in prison
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Labour Together’s ‘smear campaign’ against journalistsThe Explainer Claim that Starmerite think tank paid PR firm to dig up dirt on Sunday Times reporters ‘cuts to the heart of Number 10’
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Climate change is creating more dangerous avalanchesThe Explainer Several major ones have recently occurred
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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China and the rise of the humanoid robotsThe Explainer The country’s ‘bustling’ robotics industry is dominating the global market, though experts are split on how concerned we should be
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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The mystery of flight MH370The Explainer In 2014, the passenger plane vanished without trace. Twelve years on, a new operation is under way to find the wreckage of the doomed airliner
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Sepsis ‘breakthrough’: the world’s first targeted treatment?The Explainer New drug could reverse effects of sepsis, rather than trying to treat infection with antibiotics
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Earth is rapidly approaching a ‘hothouse’ trajectory of warmingThe explainer It may become impossible to fix
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Antonia Romeo and Whitehall’s women problemThe Explainer Before her appointment as cabinet secretary, commentators said hostile briefings and vetting concerns were evidence of ‘sexist, misogynistic culture’ in No. 10
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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