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    Do rappers think money is more important than sex? Which US president is rapped about the most? Researchers have been tracking the genre's vocabulary using data from lyrics that goes back to 1988. See what happens with this interactive chart.

  • Annual report shows little improvement in times overall for elective surgery and possible effect of ageing population

  • A boat of North African migrants has sunk off the Italian island of Lampedusa - but crossing the Mediterranean is not the only route where migrants risk their lives

  • How many people in the UK are gay, lesbian or bisexual? The Office for National Statistics reckons it's 1.5% while the Kinsey report says it's 10%. Who's right?

  • Publishers facing sliding sales will be further depressed to learn that one single game, Grand Theft Auto 5, has outsold the lot of them. One quick question: is it true?

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  • 'The Translators Presenting Bible To James I' by George E Kruger Gallery (11 pictures)

    'God is in the detail' - the expression may have been overshadowed by the newer 'the devil is in the detail' but for some people the original idiom still holds true. Scholars have been visualising the holy texts for years but recently, they've taken a turn towards data. Here are some of the most interesting biblical visualisations we've found

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