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After the singer Adele gave birth, she told fans her voice had dropped dramatically in pitch. She wasn’t the first woman to report changes to her voice after pregnancy, but researchers have now recorded the first scientific evidence of this phenomenon. Katarzyna Pisanski explains how she showed that new mothers’ voices initially become lower but that the change doesn’t last forever.
Dubbed ‘spiderman’ for his rescue of a baby clinging from a Parisian balcony last weekend, Mamoudou Gassama was offered fast track French citizenship. But Katherine Tonkiss is concerned about the growing trend for citizenship to be ‘earned’ – and argues it shouldn’t be about being superhuman. Meanwhile, Sara de Jong explains how a scheme designed to resettle Afghan civilians employed by the British army has failed to keep them safe.
And in the latest episode of our In Depth Out Loud podcast, we narrate the story of how the humble spud helped fuel the rise of liberal capitalism in the 18th century.
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Stephen Harris
Commissioning + Science Editor
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Katarzyna Pisanski, University of Sussex
We recorded the first scientific evidence that having a baby affects women's voices.
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With heroism, comes citizenship.
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Katherine Tonkiss, Aston University
Citizenship is increasingly becoming something that must be 'earned', but this undermines basic rights.
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Rebecca Earle, University of Warwick
An audio version of an in depth article about the 18th century Enlightenment thinkers who promoted the potato as a way to build a healthy and productive society.
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The last British troops leave Camp Bastion in Helmand province, Afghanistan in October 2014.
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Sara De Jong, The Open University
A committee of MPs has lambasted a government scheme designed to protect Afghan civilians who worked for the British.
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Politics + Society
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David Mitchell, Trinity College Dublin
Recent political events have raised the subject of Irish unity once again. But several issues need to be addressed first.
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George Newth, University of Bath
The history of north Italian regionalism, and why Matteo Salvini's League represents the end of a long era.
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Tolu Olarewaju, Staffordshire University
Britain has always been good at projecting its values to the world. It's going to need that soft power once it leaves the EU.
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David Dallimore, Bangor University
Free childcare schemes aren't working and babies are too important to be left on the shelf.
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Kevork Oskanian, University of Birmingham
Vladimir Putin's Russia is as much an imperial power as its Soviet and Tsarist predecessors were.
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Health + Medicine
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Ian Maidment, Aston University
Sleeping tablets such as Ambien can have serious side effects.
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Martin Cohen, University of Hertfordshire
Food safety issues are at heart political.
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Arts + Culture
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Simon McEnnis, University of Brighton
The Sun's treatment of Raheem Sterling exposes the ethical failings of its reporting.
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Business + Economy
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Panicos O. Demetriades, University of Leicester
If you thought the risk of Grexit was bad, you've got a shock coming in the shape of Italy.
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Philipp Trotter, University of Bath; Sabah Abdullah, The University of Queensland
The short term interests of investors could lead to long term problems in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Cities
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John Disney, Nottingham Trent University
It might not be effective now, but the development of self-driving vehicles could be a game changer for public transport services.
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Environment + Energy
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Jack Longman, University of Southampton; Vasile Ersek, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Serbia was pumping out lead pollution while Britain was still in the stone age.
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Science + Technology
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Ralf W. Seifert, IMD Business School; Richard Markoff, EPFL- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
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