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Most people have heard this before, but it bears repeating: Association does not imply causation. An often-cited example is that there is a very strong association between ice cream sales and ...

Eggs are back on the supermarket shelves and shoppers have a variety to choose from. Bird flu outbreaks have caused egg shortages over the past 18 months, limiting consumer options. Caged, barn-laid, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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Sir Keir Starmer made waves on Sunday by declaring that Reform UK's policy on indefinite leave to remain (ILR) is "racist" and "immoral". Nigel Farage and his top lieutenants have reacted furiously, ...

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Microsoft Copilot is gaining access to Anthropic’s Claude models They’ll be hosted on AWS, and accessed via an API Office apps could soon get Claude models, too Microsoft has added Anthropic’s Claude ...