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Editor's note
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The KLF smashed musical boundaries. Incorporating hip hop, big beats and vocals by Tammy Wynette, their music won them fans, hits and awards. But then, for many, they crossed a line in 1994 – by burning £1m in cash. Now, 23 years later, Annebella Pollen took part in a KLF comeback event to discuss that notorious act – and finally uncover its meaning.
There’s been a lot of excitement about the gene editing technique CRISPR in recent years. But given the rapid advancements in the field, we should also stop and think about the risks. As the basic ingredients of the technology are cheap and easily accessible, there are mounting concerns that it could be used as a biological weapon. James Revill investigates.
Fed up with being served food on bizarre plates? A recent survey found that an overwhelming majority of people hate it when restaurants send their meals out in things like dog bowls, flat caps and Wellington boots. Food psychologist Charles Spence says research suggests that what we eat off does affect how the food tastes – and that the stranger the receptacle, the more memorable the meal may be.
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Luke Salkeld
Commissioning Editor
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Top story
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Burning issue.
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Annebella Pollen, University of Brighton
Was setting fire to all that money immoral waste, ritual sacrifice or artistic statement?
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Science + Technology
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James Revill, University of Sussex
With rapid advances in gene editing, states signed up to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention need to do more to prevent CRISPR from becoming a dangerous weapon.
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Matthew Robert Bennett, Bournemouth University; Per Ahlberg, Uppsala University
A new study can't rule out the possibility that human ancestors lived on Crete at the same time as they evolved in Africa.
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Ben Ashby, University of Bath
Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is your friend.
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Arts + Culture
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Charles Spence, University of Oxford
Research suggests that taking a photo of your food makes it taste better.
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Martin Archer, Queen Mary University of London
With the wealth of data being created nowadays, new forms of artistic collaboration with scientists are emerging.
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Josie Ryan, Bangor University
Extremists haven't always been associated with violence, or religious views.
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Christopher Pittard, University of Portsmouth
A new film brings to life the murky underbelly of Victorian London.
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Cities
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Liz McFall, The Open University; Darren Umney, The Open University
In order to take Milton Keynes' cultural bid seriously, you have to begin by taking culture seriously.
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Business + Economy
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Alan Shipman, The Open University
Could the 'magic money tree' have been right under our nose this whole time?
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David McMillan, University of Stirling
Talk of banks leaving London completely for other European cities is just that – talk.
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Politics + Society
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Trevor Harley, University of Dundee
Modern life has removed real fear as an experience for most of us. But this basic animal emotion is crucial to the human experience
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Edward Mair, University of Hull
Trump's promises to Native America have not always been the norm for US presidents. But Richard Nixon had a better record than most.
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Andy Price, Sheffield Hallam University
Unpicking why Labour has shifted its Brexit strategy to push for single market membership during a transitional period.
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Alex McMahon, University of Glasgow; David Conway, University of Glasgow
Landmark dental findings are likely to be the tip of an iceberg.
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Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London
With a nonagenarian president apparently still planning to run for re-election in 2018, Zimbabwe's runners and riders are making themselves known.
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Health + Medicine
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Vanora Hundley, Bournemouth University; Edwin van Teijlingen, Bournemouth University
Society holds paradoxical views of childbirth, which can make the debate around it confusing.
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Giuliana Mazzoni, University of Hull
People’s minds can be fooled into experiencing both pain and pain relief.
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Pinar Uysal-Onganer, University of Westminster
An app could help diagnose one of the most deadly cancers at the early stages using eye-scanning technology.
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