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Edinburgh Impact

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By flirting with joining a North Sea neighbour, the islands are drawing upon a millennia-old connection worthy of a Nordic saga - and for political attention. #EdinburghImpact

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Drugs that could help stave off the effects of ageing and age-related diseases have been discovered using artificial intelligence (AI). #EdinburghImpact

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A reimagining of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield and a memoir about the New York literary scene in the 1970s and 1980s have won the UK’s longest-running literary awards.

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