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Scientists reveal Antarctic warming best and worst-case scenarios

New international research shows that the choices we make in the next decade will determine Antarctica’s fate for centuries.

Mocking people for their class is discrimination – so why don’t we treat it as such?

Writing in The Conversation, Toni Beardmore discusses how ‘Banter’ about where you’re from or how you speak is harder to define than racism or sexism, but it is damaging.

Migrant lives documentary scoops international award

A new film which tells the personal stories of migrants fleeing to Istanbul has won an international award ahead of its release in April this year.

Fish use more energy to stay still than previously thought

Writing in The Conversation, computer scientist Dr Otar Akanyeti explains why fish that appear to hang motionless in the water are actually working harder than expected.