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Editor's note
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A new £1 coin goes into circulation today. It's being touted as the most secure coin in the world by the Royal Mint, which wants to cut down on the forgeries that plagued its predecessor. But, as Richard Farmer writes, users may be more interested in the fact that it is 12-sided – much like an old British coin that divided opinion.
It is motivation that separates terrorism from other acts of violence. And police have now said that we may never know why Khalid Masood killed four people at Westminster. So, as news networks continue to define the attack as terrorism, Steve Hewitt argues the case for evidence over guesswork.
People with autism often have special talents such as an exceptional memory or heightened perception. Yet these are also often cast as an abnormality in the wider world. Penny Spikins suggests that thousands of years ago, people with autistic traits would not only have been accepted by their societies but played a vitally important role in the survival and development of human beings.
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Annabel Bligh
Business and Economy Editor
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Top story
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Royal Mint
Richard Farmer, University of East Anglia
The UK's new £1 coin is touted as being the most-secure in the world. Its dodecagonal shape harks back to an old threepenny forebear.
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Politics + Society
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Steve Hewitt, University of Birmingham
Motivation is what separates an act of violence from an act of terrorism, and we don't know what drove Khalid Masood to kill.
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Gavin Brent Sullivan, Coventry University
For all their defiant talk of 'business as usual', savvy leaders know that any good response to a crisis is also an emotional performance.
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Zahira Jaser, City, University of London
She's worked hard to get where she is, but the prime minister lacks vision and fails to inspire.
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Juanita Elias, University of Warwick; Shirin Rai, University of Warwick
An extra £2 billion for social care is a drop in the ocean.
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Science + Technology
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Penny Spikins, University of York
Unlocking the mystery of autism's origin.
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Bill Buchanan, Edinburgh Napier University
Using sound waves to disrupt sensor functions is just one of a growing number of "side-channel attacks" that could affect our devices.
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Gary W. Kerr, University of Salford
Science festivals are booming and with their mixture of music and art they are opening the field to a whole new audience who are keen to be amazed.
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Environment + Energy
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Graeme Heyes, Manchester Metropolitan University
Most businesses can ignore the long term effects of climate change. But not football clubs.
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Richard Andrew Williams, Heriot-Watt University; Toby Peters, University of Birmingham
Keeping things cold wastes a massive amount of energy. What if this could be harnessed?
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Rhian Barrance, Cardiff University
A survey of what young people perceive to be the biggest threat to Europe reveals some surprising information.
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Business + Economy
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Angela O'Hagan, Glasgow Caledonian University
A controversial policy could make women prove they were raped before they can get benefits is set to come into effect despite a wide coalition of opponents.
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Health + Medicine
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Tom Matthews, Liverpool John Moores University
A global temperature rise of 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels could have devastating consequences for city dwellers.
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Javier Rivas, University of Bath
Weighing up the cost of improving people's diets.
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Arts + Culture
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Nicola Bishop, Manchester Metropolitan University
Contemporary television is replete with gruesome tests of survival, charting our obsession with what modern man has lost.
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