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Editor's note
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink is “developing ultra high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers”, essentially wiring us seamlessly to the internet. While it could result in the next step in human evolution, says Christopher Markou, Neuralink is probably a dangerous idea. Then again, to the first person who fell into a firepit, so was fire.
John Weeks was recently asked to be an expert witness on Brexit at the German Bundestag. He was expecting the German politicians he spoke with to take a punishing line on Brexit, but found them surprisingly sympathetic to the UK position.
Young children can be ever so entertaining – but let’s be honest: their jokes aren’t always funny. So how do they expand their comedy repertoire from peek-a-boo games and funny faces to include more sophisticated jokes involving sarcasm and irony? Paige Davis has been finding out.
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Matt Warren
Executive Editor
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The next step in human evolution.
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Christopher Markou, University of Cambridge
Neuralink is probably a dangerous idea, but to the first person who fell into a firepit, so was fire.
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Business + Economy
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John Weeks, SOAS, University of London
A visit to the Bundestag revealed just how varied German attitudes to Brexit are.
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Andrew Johnston, Sheffield Hallam University
Smaller companies are failing to move quickly into overseas sales. It may be time for government to put its money where its mouths is.
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Ian Fouweather, University of Bradford
Why is work making us miserable?
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Science + Technology
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Paige Davis, University of Huddersfield
It turns out that children as young as three can actually understand some forms of irony.
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Lee John Curley, Edinburgh Napier University
For decades, the justice system has decided to live with ropey testimonies. Could that be about to change?
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Politics + Society
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Tom Stafford, University of Sheffield
Implicit racial bias, measured across Europe.
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Marie Coleman, Queen's University Belfast
The Irish republicans stand for parliament but don't attend when they win. It's high time that changed.
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Steve Millington, Manchester Metropolitan University
Can new Metro Mayors save our struggling town centres?
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Serge Galam, Sciences Po – USPC
It all comes down to how many people abstain.
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Punita Chowbey, Sheffield Hallam University
A new study has interviewed South Asian women who have suffered from economic abuse.
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Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London
Three democracies once considered beacons of hope are in varying states of disarray.
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Katie Edwards, University of Sheffield; Emma Nagouse, University of Sheffield
Women are constantly implicitly blamed, both in the Bible and in contemporary culture, for their rape.
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Environment + Energy
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Paul Nieuwenhuis, Cardiff University
Diesel engines have been demonised for their emissions but the technology has already cleaned up its act.
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Charlotte Burns, University of York
Theresa May has ignored the 'low politics' of energy for too long.
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Arts + Culture
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John Jewell, Cardiff University
As series two comes to a close, here are the ingredients behind a piece of 24-carat comedy gold.
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Health + Medicine
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Eric Robinson, University of Liverpool
If female mannequins were alive, they would be dangerously underweight.
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