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Elements: Gallium and Indium

LED lighting and other electronics revolutionised by chemical elements gallium and indium

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Austerity in Portugal

After economic crisis and bailout, Portugal is growing again. So was austerity worth it?

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Greek Brinkmanship

When it comes to negotiations with creditors, Athens always takes it to the brink. Why?

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Cybersecurity: Are We Ever Safe From Hackers?

Cyber criminality is on the rise and many people and organisations are unprepared

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Iceland: Escape from Capital Controls

Seven years after the crisis, Iceland allows investors to move money out of the country.

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The Ocean Economy

Can governments and businesses exploit the untapped economic potential of the seas?

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Elements: Boron

The mineral from the Wild West that toughens glass and stops bullets in their tracks

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Biofuels and the Price of Climate Change

Brazil's struggling biofuels, pricing carbon emissions, and Live8 10 years on.

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Why Does Germany Take the Lead on Greece?

Greece crisis talks, behaviorist economics, and is motherhood a real job?

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Iceland: Lessons for Greece?

What advice would Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson give to Athens?

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Elements: Copper Materials

The distinctive red metal that's key to whisky distillation and kills hospital super-bugs

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Greece Debt Deadline Looms

Greece latest; the view from Germany; Paris Air Show

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How to Power Africa

South Africa's power crisis, and why the whole continent needs answers.

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Greeks Rage Ahead of Brussels Showdown

Greek protesters, economy minister Georgios Stathakis and a Brussels view

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Greece Deal... or No Deal?

Is a Greek deal imminent? Are more cuts and higher taxes a basis for recovery?

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Elements: Copper Electrification

Why copper wires? And do solar power and batteries herald the death of the old AC grid?

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Harnessing the Sea

Wave energy, mining the seabed, ocean-going robots

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Greece: Is This It?

The clock is ticking on Greece's IMF loan. Is this a defining moment in the debt crisis?

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Greece: Has Grexit Begun?

Banks shut, fearful citizens, and dwindling hopes of a deal. Is Grexit now inevitable?

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Greece: Has Grexit Begun?

Banks shut, fearful citizens, and dwindling hopes of a deal. Is Grexit now inevitable?

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Greece Default Day?

Greece default on IMF debt looms. And, why China's stocks are tumbling

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Millennium Development Goals for Girls

Gender equality - or lack of - in schools in Malawi

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Millennium Development Goals: Child Mortality

Why the world has struggled to meet its goal of cutting child mortality by two-thirds

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Greece: Fracturing Europe's Identity?

Should Greece temporarily Grexit, Europe's broken identity and the UN MDG poverty target.

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Greece Votes No to Austerity

Greek reaction, the ECB's choices, and a German MP saying Grexit is now inevitable

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Greece: Reaction To Eurozone Bail-Out Deal

Reaction from both sides to the latest eurozone bail-out deal for Greece

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Greece: Currency Controls Begin to Bite

Greek shops feel the pinch, a Nobel laureate on the crisis. And Live8, 10 years on.

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Greece: The Final Final Deadline?

Decision day set for Greece, China shares tumble further, and "disappearable" technology.

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Productivity: Where are the Fruits of our Labour?

Why has productivity growth in OECD countries - the rich world - been so sluggish?

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A Way Through For Greece?

Greece backs down on demands for leniency from creditors in its latest bid for funding.

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