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Editor's note
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Around a year ago, I decided to stop flying in my personal life. I also heavily limit my meat and, increasingly, my dairy intake. It feels good to be doing something individually to mitigate the climate crisis – an issue I care deeply about. But at times it also feels immensely frustrating because what impact can these personal actions realistically have?
It seems, though, that I’ve been looking at this the wrong way. According to Tom Oliver, our default way of viewing the world – as individuals – is both causing the crisis and frustrating efforts to combat it. He suggests that a change of mindset is needed, and that along with cutting down on flying and eating meat, activities such as community gardening and meditation will also help bring about the necessary change.
Meanwhile, organised crime in the UK is incredibly successful, so new ways of combating it are needed. Enforcement agencies around the world could learn a lot from the way Italy tackles the mafia.
Into your future gazing and sci-fi? Well as a whole, we aren’t as interested in the future as we used to be. Andre Spicer explores why the 22nd century isn’t getting much airtime.
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Josephine Lethbridge
Interdisciplinary Editor
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Top stories
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Tom Oliver, University of Reading
We need to tackle individualism to tackle climate change.
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A drugs raid in London.
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Felia Allum, University of Bath
Police should take a wider view to join the dots that link the networks behind slavery and drugs.
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Andre Spicer, City, University of London
Some people are growing weary with romantic and dystopian visions of the future. Instead, our focus is on now.
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Health + Medicine
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Taibat Ibitoye, University of Reading
Chronic illness, difficulty eating on their own, and even loneliness are just some of the reasons why people over-65 are more likely to be malnourished.
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Kayleigh Chester, University of Hertfordshire; Ellen Klemera, University of Hertfordshire; Fiona Brooks, University of Technology Sydney
A new report offers data on mental health in young people.
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Andrew Rowell, University of Bath
Social media is the wild west, and Big Tobacco loves it.
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Politics + Society
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Declan McDowell-Naylor, Cardiff University; Stephen Cushion, Cardiff University
As the influence of mainstream media declines, the social media-savvy alt-left sites could hold the key to success for Labour hopefuls.
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Pieter Vanhuysse, University of Southern Denmark
Neurotics are more disgruntled about the welfare state, yet they crave its reassurance.
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Business + Economy
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Valerio Cerretano, University of Glasgow
How many people realise that the central banks' great programme for reviving the global economy involves hand-picking which companies and sectors to help out?
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Frederik Dahlmann, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Supply chains can amount to four times an organisation’s own operational carbon footprint.
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Science + Technology
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Jon Copley, University of Southampton
Almost a decade before the moon landings, humans reached the lowest point on Earth's surface.
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David Rose, University of Reading; Mark Burgman, Imperial College London; William Sutherland, University of Cambridge
Transforming the civil service needs to go far beyond what degree new recruits studied.
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Cities
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Olivier Usher, Nesta; Holly Jamieson, Nesta
Drones are coming to our cities – but what do people really think about them, and how can they have a sustainable future? New research provides some answers.
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