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From Our Own Correspondent: The Power of the Piston
How the right personal connections in France can cut through the red tape of bureaucracy
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The Inquiry: What Happened To The European Dream?
Adriaan from the Netherlands on the backlash against deepening European integration
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The Why Factor: American Identity
What does the rest of the world think of the United States?
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麻豆社 Trending: 'Don鈥檛 Buy Death'
The hashtag trying to stop young Somalis from migrating abroad.
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From Our Own Correspondent: Llivia, a historical oddity
The Spanish enclave that's surrounded by France - but increasingly feels it's Catalan
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The Inquiry: What Kind Of Person Becomes A Violent Jihadi?
Former CIA operative Marc Sageman asks why some people turn to political violence
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The Why Factor: Why I'm Not Just Blind
Why must blind people either be inspirational or deserving pity?
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麻豆社 Trending: The Politician 鈥楾rolled by Police鈥�
Did Australian police officers troll a politician over her comments about sniffer dogs?
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From Our Own Correspondent: Pesto Made Perfectly
One man's work to revive the traditional method for a sauce which has won the world over
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The Inquiry: Do We Have Enough Genders?
Brin Bixby, who is bi-gender, says gender is a spectrum
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More or Less: The Story of Average
How astronomers introduced the world to the average
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麻豆社 Trending: Dinkan the Cartoon Mouse God
How Indian atheists have created a new mouse worshipping religion.
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From Our Own Correspondent: War Graves in South Korea
麻豆社 Seoul correspondent Steve Evans reflects on the remains of the 1950s Korean War
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The Inquiry: What Happened to Al-Qaeda?
Katherine Zimmerman explains how and why the movement still poses a threat
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The Why Factor: Identity
Mike Williams asks a simple question: Who are you?
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麻豆社 Trending: White People and Dreadlocks
Millions watch video of white student being harassed over his dreadlocks.
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From Our Own Correspondent: Solomon Islands
What traces remain of the long relationship between the Solomon Islands and the UK?
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The Inquiry: Why Do Mexicans Drink So Much Soda?
How a lack of clean water is helping to fuel Mexico鈥檚 thirst for sugary soft drinks.
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More Or Less: Mobiles or lightbulbs
Are there more mobile phones than lightbulbs in Uganda? And thyroid cancer in Fukushima
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麻豆社 Trending: Defending the #A4waist Challenge
One woman defends the #A4waist challenge and responds to critics who call it 鈥榰nhealthy鈥�.
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From Our Own Correspondent: Tea and TV with a Tibetan Monk
Over yak-butter tea, Horatio Clare learns about lifetime's devotion to Tibetan Buddhism
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The Inquiry: Can We Quake-Proof A City?
Architect David Malott on his plan for a mile-high quake-resistant building
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麻豆社 Trending: The Photo That Gripped Brazil
A seemingly innocuous photo has been held up as emblematic of inequality in the country.
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From Our Own Correspondent: Via Egnatia, the road that lost its way
Elizabeth Gowing takes a roadtrip - or tries to - along a route which once linked empires
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More or Less: Can We Trust Food Surveys?
The pitfalls of nutrition science - how do really know what people are eating?
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麻豆社 Trending: Next Level Cricket Rivalry
Indian and Bangladeshi cricket fans wage online warfare.
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The Inquiry: Why Are Wages So Low?
President Obama鈥檚 chief economist Jason Furman on the question his boss asks him most.
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The Why Factor: Why We Search for the Origins of Life
Why do humans need to understand the infinite and the infinitesimal?
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麻豆社 Trending: The 鈥楤ride Price鈥� Story That Got China Talking
A story shared on Weibo has shed light on the practice of 鈥楤ride Price鈥� payments in China
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From Our Own Correspondent: Disenchanted Egypt
Orla Guerin reads the mood (and the jokes) of a nation now less confident in Pres Sisi
