Why is populism suddenly all the rage?

In 1998, about 300 Guardian articles mentioned populism. In 2016, 2,000 did. What happened?
• Revealed: how populists tripled their vote over 20 years

Populism is sexy. Particularly since 2016 - the year of the Brexit referendum and the election of Donald Trump - it seems as if journalists just cannot get ( Read more... )

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Dementia can be predicted 10 YEARS in advance, claim scientists who have created an algorithm that works like a crystal ball

Dementia can be predicted ten years in advance, claim scientists who have created an algorithm that works like a crystal ball ( Read more... )

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Just How Catastrophic Will Unchecked Climate Change Be? -  (w/Guest Dr. Joe Romm)

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After the success of the Apple I, Wozniak designed the Apple II, the first personal computer that had the ability to display color graphics, and BASIC programming language built-in.[1] Inspired by "the technique Atari used to simulate colors on its first arcade games", Wozniak found a way of putting colors into the NTSC ( Read more... )