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An adult fruit fly brain has been mapped—human brains could follow
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For now, it is the most sophisticated connectome ever made
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Who is really in charge of Lebanon?
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A visual guide to the country’s tattered political system
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A ports strike shows the stranglehold one union has on trade
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East coast longshoremen are already among America’s best-paid manual workers
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Why is Canada’s economy falling behind America’s?
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The country was slightly richer than Montana in 2019. Now it is just poorer than Alabama
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The scourge of stolen bikes in Britain
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An experiment in Liverpool shows how the police can tackle bike theft
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The house-price supercycle is just getting going
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Why property prices could keep rising for years
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AI and globalisation are shaking up software developers’ world
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Their code will get cheaper. So might they
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America’s growing row over policies for transgender prisoners
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Some women’s groups argue that transferring them puts female inmates at risk
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What J.D. Vance is learning from Donald Trump
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The vice-presidential candidate is devising his own tactics for bending the truth
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Kamala Harris is outspending Donald Trump. Will it matter?
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The Democratic nominee is raising many millions more than her opponent
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Kamalamania and the drive for abortion rights are a potent mix
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Referendums in ten states will determine the future of abortion access—and may tilt the presidential election
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What is the effect of the Supreme Court’s affirmative-action ban?
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Making sense of the drip-drip of admissions data from American universities
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Pennsylvania, the crucial battleground in America’s election
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Buckets of money, vicious advertising and consultants galore have left the race for the state a virtual tie
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Eric Adams, New York’s mayor, is indicted
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New Yorkers are sadly familiar with scandal at City Hall
on Sep 26
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Recent special elections bode well for Democrats
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They can help in predicting general elections
on Sep 25
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Kamala Harris’s post-debate bounce is now visible in the polls
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But it comes with two big caveats
on Sep 20
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How the right is taking culture war to culture itself
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A new “mockumentary” satirises anti-racist activism
on Sep 19
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Eric Adams’s friends keep having their phones taken away
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It can be hard to keep track of all the people around New York’s mayor who are under investigation
on Sep 18
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America’s college heads revise rules for handling campus protests
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University leaders have learnt some lessons, but face a tough test this autumn
on Sep 12
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Democratic control of the Senate depends on a seven-fingered farmer
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Can Jon Tester win again in Montana?
on Sep 12
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An alternative look at the Trump-Harris debate, in five charts
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We asked a linguist to assess the data
on Sep 12
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The systemic bias Kamala Harris must overcome in order to win
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The electoral college, not the popular vote, decides who becomes president
on Sep 11
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The world’s most liveable cities in 2024
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Our sister company has rated the best, and worst, cities in which to live
on Sep 6
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What are the Murdochs fighting about in a secret Nevada court?
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The outcome could shape the political orientation of the family’s media empire
on Sep 5
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Why Kamala Harris has the advantage in debating Donald Trump
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She’s better at it
on Sep 5
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The Harris campaign hopes North Carolina will finally deliver
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Democrats reliably win statewide in local races, but fail in presidential votes. Will this time be different?
on Sep 5
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America’s endless summers are good for mosquitoes, too
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Outbreaks of EEE and West Nile virus have health officials on the alert
on Sep 5
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Where is Kamala Harris’s convention bounce?
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And what its absence means for election forecasting
on Sep 5
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The Trump campaign unleashes a barrage of negative advertisements
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It could well work
on Sep 4
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The hard right takes Germany into dangerous territory
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The parties in Olaf Scholz’s coalition are crushed in state polls
on Sep 4
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Time is called on Oregon’s decriminalisation experiment
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The replacement might be where they should have started
on Aug 31