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Between teaching cars to drive themselves and driving cars to photograph your street, roboticist and articificial intelligence researcher Sebastian Thrun has made quite a name for himself at Stanford and … Read
Education
Amidst the controversy over GCSEs and A-Levels, the Telegraph has claimed that maths standards are worse now than they were in the 1970s. Is this true? Read
Health
It has been a busy week for health journalists, however one story in particular stood out above all others when it made it to the despatch box at Prime Minister's … Read
As Liberal Democrat objections to the Education Secretary's plans to replace GCSE exams tests the unity of the two parties in government, today also saw another bone of contention between … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Daily Express is noted for its long-standing interest in the movements of the housing market although, as Full Fact has shown, it hasn't always reported them accurately. Today the … Read
The TUC has claimed that long-term youth unemployment has soared by 900 per cent. Is this true? Read
Health
Ahead of this summer's Olympic games, London Mayor Boris Johnson has been causing a stir with some high-profile appearances in New York.One date in his media diary was with a … Read
With the planned industrial action by doctors across the UK due to take place this Thursday, several newspapers ran stories revealing that thousands of doctors were paid more than the Prime Minister. But are they the best paid in the world? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Yesterday Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith caused a stir with his proposals to change the way in which poverty is measured in the UK. One indicator put forward … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
In a week of heated debate about the measurement of child poverty, some commentators claim that, contrary to popular wisdom, the majority of poor households actually contain at least one adult who is in work. Is this true? Read
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