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The results of a new Pew Research Centre poll on politics and climate change surprised even some of those who study public attitudes toward science....

If Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election on Tuesday, she will be under no illusions about what awaits. Even if Donald Trump is defeated, the...

In December 2013, the Nobel laureate physicist Peter Higgs told The Guardian that if he were seeking a job in academia today, “I don’t think I would be...

Mainstream politics, by definition, is ill equipped to imagine fundamental change. But last December in Paris, 196 governments agreed on the need to limit...

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Are the West’s ‘Save Libya’ meetings really about saving Libya? For months it has been obvious to everyone, except a handful of stubborn Western...

There was a time when businesses eager to expand into Europe planted their flag first in the United Kingdom. Aside from sophisticated English accents, the...

As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations approaches its 50th anniversary next year, its failure to reach a consensus regarding Chinese territorial...

Colombian governments have been fighting the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for the past 52 years, with no victory in sight. In early...

It is not only a matter of convenience for the members of the public to walk in the streets, but important for their health as well, and it is a grand way...