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Is science racist? – Angela Saini (Nazi officials use callipers to measure an ethnic German's nose. The Nazis developed a system of facial measurement that was supposedly a way of determining racial descent. The compiled results, based on biased samples, were used to back up the Nazi claim that Germans were a pure and superior "Aryan" race © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Science Focus Podcast Is racism creeping into science?

Five signs that someone is trying to mislead you with statistics © Getty Images
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Five signs that someone is trying to mislead you with statistics

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How to stop election hacking © John Holcroft
Future Technology

Election hacking Can technology safeguard the vote in future elections?

Could geoengineering cause a climate war? © Getty Images
Planet Earth

Could geoengineering cause a climate war?

The fight against deepfakes © Getty Images
Future Technology

The fight against deepfake

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Five of the biggest hacks in recent memory

A crisis of knowledge: why what we don't know is as important as what we do © Getty Images
Everyday science

A crisis of knowledge: why what we don’t know matters

The Human Body

It wasn't me! Why scapegoating and finger-pointing don’t help anyone

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Aleks Krotoski
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Can science explain everything? - Michael Blastland © Getty Images
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Science Focus Podcast Can science explain everything? - Michael Blastland

Nudge theory: ten subtle pushes that change how you think © Getty Images
Everyday science

Nudge theory 10 subtle pushes that change how you think

Chris Packham interview: Overpopulation, Alan Turing, and Donald Trump © Getty Images
Planet Earth

Chris Packham “I wouldn’t spend 10 minutes shouting at Donald Trump... I’d spend 10 minutes trying to understand him”

Failing upwards: how charismatic leaders fail their way to success © Kyle Smart
Everyday science

Failing upwards How charismatic leaders fail their way to success

BABYLON, HILLAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 20, 2016: This is DigitalGlobe closeup satellite imagery of the remains and location of Babylon -- and ancient city in Mesopotamia. Located in Hillah, Iraq. (Photo DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)
Planet Earth

Interview Earth’s ancient geography ‘directed the course of human evolution’

How geology can influence elections - Lewis Dartnell © Getty Images
Planet Earth

Science Focus Podcast How geology can influence elections – Lewis Dartnell