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Editor's note
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The more children a woman has, the greater her risk of heart attack, stroke or heart failure, according to a new study. The cause is probably stress, as earlier studies have shown that fathers who have more children are also at higher risk of heart disease. But having children isn’t entirely bad for your health, as Clare Oliver-Williams explains. It lowers a woman’s risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. Swings and roundabouts.
Knife and gun crime is escalating across the UK, and the police can’t seem to stop it. Meanwhile, across the channel in France, the gilets jaunes protest movement is gathering momentum to challenge
President Macron’s leadership. The two trends might seem unrelated, but their root cause is the same: these days, people just don’t trust their governments.
Humans famously evolved and learned to make tools in East Africa, before spreading across the world later on. But new research is challenging this picture. Stone tools recently unearthed in Algeria suggest that human ancestors spread to the region much earlier than previously thought. Alternatively, the oldest known stone tool technology may have been simultaneously invented by early hominin species living outside East Africa. John McNabb
explains.
There has been much speculation this week about the economic impact Brexit will have under the current plan. Anand Menon and Matthew Bevington get to grips with the numbers, while Andrew Woodhouse explains what actually happens during the Brexit transition period.
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Clint Witchalls
Health + Medicine Editor
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Top stories
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Rugrats can seriously mess you up.
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Clare Oliver-Williams, University of Cambridge
Having children is linked to a greater risk of heart attacks and stroke, but kids aren't completely bad for your health.
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History repeats itself.
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James Densley, University of Oxford; Michelle Lyttle Storrod, Rutgers University
When people don't trust the government, the media or police, they are less inclined to play by the rules and more likely to lash out violently.
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An Oldowan core freshly excavated at Ain Boucherit from which sharp-edged cutting flakes were removed.
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John McNabb, University of Southampton
New discovery could be a game changer for archaeology.
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Anand Menon, King's College London; Matthew Bevington, King's College London
Independent research estimates that Theresa May's deal could reduce UK GDP per capita by between 1.9% and 5.5% over ten years.
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Politics + Society
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Andrew Woodhouse, University of Liverpool
An explainer on what will happen during the Brexit transition period set out in the withdrawal agreement.
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Saskia Vermeylen, Strathclyde University
The indigenous Rapa Nui say the statue is one of their most spiritually important.
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Oliver Davis, University of Warwick
Who are the 'gilets jaunes', what do they want and how has France's political establishment responded to their populist challenge?
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Umut Korkut, Glasgow Caledonian University; Daniel Gyollai, Glasgow Caledonian University
Viktor Orban is extremely opposed to taking asylum applications, unless they come from his friends.
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René Lindstädt, Cardiff University; Douglas B. Atkinson, Cardiff University; Kevin Fahey, Cardiff University; Zach Warner, Cardiff University
There is one area where the Trump presidency has already been more successful than any in living memory: exposing the weaknesses of the American constitutional order.
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Health + Medicine
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Rachel Bryan, Swansea University
Lookalike and soundalike medication names are causing dangerous problems.
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Carla Startin, University of Surrey
People with Down syndrome are at much higher risk of dementia than the general population. Knowing when cognitive changes start is critical for developing new drugs.
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Caroline T. Tiemessen, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
A liver transplant from an HIV-positive living donor to an HIV-negative recipient is possible, but there are still gaps in our knowledge.
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Arts + Culture
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Karen E. H. Skinazi, University of Bristol
How Orthodox Jewish communities are struggling to come to terms with LGBT Issues.
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Andrew Hobbs, University of Central Lancashire
As the industry continues its decline, a look back at how the Victorians valued their local news gathering operations.
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Environment + Energy
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Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, University of Sussex
Sahia and her husband hoped to start a life in Singpur, a village in Bangladesh. But the riverside community found climate change made putting down roots impossible.
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Louise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University
If animals are dying from a human-induced threat, then surely we have a responsibility to help them.
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Science + Technology
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Bethan Davies, Cardiff University; Andrew Dawson, Cardiff University; Martin Innes, Cardiff University
Over the 12 months of the research, more than 100 arrests and charges were – at least in part – assisted by AFR.
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Matthew Robert Bennett, Bournemouth University; Marcin Budka, Bournemouth University
Our attempt to bring dinosaurs to life via a smartphone app was met with excitement – then it hit a brick wall.
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Business + Economy
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Andy Forse, University of Portsmouth; Ben Drakeford, University of Portsmouth; Jonathan Potts, University of Portsmouth
The ongoing Brexit negotiations have provided no certainty or clarity to the industry.
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James Lake, Southern Methodist University
Boasting the world's biggest and strongest economy, the U.S. has enormous leverage when it sits down with a partner to negotiate a trade deal. Threats and tariffs are not really helping.
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