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The higher purpose of motor sports
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The dilemma of future sports regulation
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Sustainable by default
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Capitalists’ worries about capitalism
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Megablockbusters: A societal forum for the negotiation of social values
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The social promise of augmented reality
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To measure someone is to know someone
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Is TikTok a vector for Chinese ideals?
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Spain has proven to be far from immune to the populist wave sweeping across Europe
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Got milk?
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Sustainable minerals for sustainable technology
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The Arctic through the eyes of Greenland
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Can’t live with social media, can’t live without it
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The Dragon and the Elephant in the 21st century
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Contemporary spirituality is all about the self
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Illegal streaming holds the media industry in check
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Africa is set to become world’s largest free trade area
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Can algorithms be neutral?
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The Africa Stack
The African continent might be leapfrogging into the digital economy
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Where architecture and IT meet
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The evolving landscape of consumer trust
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The future of Europe from an Asian perspective
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Scaling bitcoin with the lightning network
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21st century Luddites target self-driving cars
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Geopolitics of aid and development cooperation
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Populism and the shifting climate change debate
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The VAR system and the datafication of everyday life
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Particularly deadly matter
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Facebook’s strategy for a decentralized future
Will Facebook orchestrate its own disruption?
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Slowing down fast fashion
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Retroscope 2018: Hegemonic cycle
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Retroscope 2018: Technological cycle
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Open-source software is eating the world
Open-source software is crucial in our daily lives, and recent acquisitions of GitHub and Red Hat highlight its importance.
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Peak social
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The protein folding revolution
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Accounting for natural capital
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Open data empowerment
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Our polygenic scores tell us who we are
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City region foodscapes
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Fighting terrorism has been a recurring issue in the history of Europe
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