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India’s Taj Mahal was built in 1653 as a monument to the grief of Emperor Shah Jahan. Its pristine beauty once evoked a “tear running down the cheek of time”, but modern pollution has sullied the white marble with soot and sewage. Carolyn Roberts urges authorities to heed the successful preservation of other world monuments to restore the Taj, before it’s too late.
Apple recently became the world’s first publicly traded trillion-dollar company. Does that mean it’s also the biggest? Not so fast, argues Jerry Davis, who explains why it matters how we define size when it comes to today’s megacompanies.
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Carolyn Roberts, Keele University
Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, but over the last four centuries it has aged and darkened from pollution.
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Apple may seem a giant, but by some measures it’s not.
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Jerry Davis, University of Michigan
Apple became the world's 'biggest' company because of its sky-high valuation. But in the past, the largest companies were known for more meaningful metrics such as revenue and number of employes.
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Energy + Environment
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Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research
With California suffering another devastating wildfire year, more people are wondering about whether and how global warming is contributing. A climate scientist explains.
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Fidel C T Budy, Aberystwyth University
Liberia's rural communities have long been suffering land grabs by international palm oil producers.
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Jacob Dunn, Anglia Ruskin University
Our research supports the idea that human speech abilities comes down to our brain power.
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Femke Broekhuis, University of Oxford
New findings show that the numbers of cubs a cheetah is able to rear is lower in areas that receive lots of tourists.
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Politics + Society
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Cristiano D'Orsi, University of Johannesburg
All Eritrean men between the ages of 18 – 50 have to serve in the army for more than 20 years, forcing thousands to flee. But things look set to change.
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Nilufar Ahmed, Swansea University
Muslim women and men are choosing to wear Islamic clothing in the face of rising religious hatred.
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Arts + Culture
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Dr Edward Ademolu, University of Manchester
It is important to understand that African diaspora constitute complex and multiplicitous identities.
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