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Editor's note
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Parts of the UK are forecast to hit the mid-thirties today. The high pressure has brought prolonged hot weather to Europe, but while it led to two of the warmest springtime months in Germany, Iceland recorded its wettest and cloudiest months this year. Len Shaffrey has three (and a half) reasons why it has been so hot and dry.
From a river in India comes hope for the enigmatic “God’s fish”. Adrian Pinder and colleagues have ensured it finally has a scientific name and it should soon have protected status. Meanwhile, the plastic-laden oceans pose even greater challenges, and Rick Stafford considers possible tech fixes that seek to clean up our marine mess.
Two years ago, the British government ruled that pregnant women could only be held for up to three days in immigration detention. With new statistics showing that pregnant women are still being detained, Joanne Vincett argues they shouldn’t be held at all.
And a huge liquid water lake beneath the southern pole of Mars has been discovered. Jonti Horner explains why scientists espouse a theory of “follow the water”. Closer to Earth, we’re also considering the
economics of space tourism, and the booming satellite communications business.
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Will de Freitas
Environment + Energy Editor
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Top stories
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Len Shaffrey, University of Reading
A climate scientist explains what is going on with this heatwave.
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The iconic hump-backed mahseer.
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Adrian Pinder, Bournemouth University
India's hump-backed mahseer is one of the world's most prized game fish, yet it was a scientific enigma.
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A protest outside Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre in 2015.
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Joanne Vincett, The Open University
New data shows 73 pregnant women were detained for immigration reasons between July 2016 and November 2017.
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Science + Technology
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Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland
Researchers have found evidence of a large lake of salty water, buried 1.5 kilometres beneath the southern polar ice cap on Mars. So what does that mean for life on the red planet?
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Christopher Newman, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Iridium's latest launch brings its next-generation satellite network close to completion. But will it be put to the sword by a whole set of smaller rivals?
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Business + Economy
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Loizos Heracleous, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Jeff Bezos plans to charge US$200,000-300,000 for a trip to outer space. And it's going to cost him an astronomical amount of money.
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Ken Albala, University of the Pacific
Canada recently slapped a tariff on US exports of the tomato-based condiment, and the EU plans to do the same, perhaps on the notion that it's distinctly American. In fact, ketchup’s origins are global, as are its fans.
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César Jiménez-Martínez, Brunel University London; Michael Skey, Loughborough University
New! Mega sports events wash your government's tarnished reputation whiter-than-white.
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Sukru Cildir, Lancaster University
Muhammad bin Salman is set on transforming the oil-rich kingdom into a modern, economically diverse superpower. It won't be easy.
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Politics + Society
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Tracey Loughran, University of Essex
An audio version of a long read article on the history of infertility, 40 years after the first baby was born via IVF.
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Peter Finn, Kingston University; Robert Ledger, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Trump's former campaign manager is on trial for tax charges but his travails could cause problems for the White House.
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Jerome Devaux, The Open University
Interpreters' notes are used as a short-term memory aid, not a full record of a discussion.
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Cities
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Nicole Badstuber, UCL
An expert crunches the numbers to reveal just how bleak Britain's bus crisis has become.
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Jon Stobart, Manchester Metropolitan University
From grand designs to diving girls, department stores were once the star attractions of Britain's towns and cities.
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Health + Medicine
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Calum Sutherland, University of Dundee
The diabetes epidemic can be fought through new therapies, prevention programmes and effective junk food legislation.
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Education
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Rachel Heah, University of Liverpool
Sex education lessons will soon cover sexting, consent, body image and different types of contraception.
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Environment + Energy
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Rick Stafford, Bournemouth University
Tech fixes to environmental problems are guaranteed to grab attention, but real change for the planet requires community organising.
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