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Editor's note
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Are you planning a holiday in paradise? If you’re heading for a ‘developing’ country, it’s worth exploring just how ethical such a trip might be, says Paul Hanna. All those flights, swimming pools, exclusive islands, private jets, cruises, golf courses and spas can have a serious impact on delicate ecosystems – and local people.
Otters can teach each other handy tricks for finding food, according to new research. Neeltje Boogert describes how she and her colleagues hid fish heads and nuts in Tupperware containers and watched as the otters helped each other figure out how to open them. If we can get captive otters to learn this kind of problem solving from each other, they may have a better chance of surviving in the wild.
The destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey has prompted a debate about the role climate change played in the disaster. But this is a dangerous and distracting row to get into, argues Ilan Kelman. Blaming climate change for the disaster removes society’s responsibility for where we live, how we live, and how we support people who cannot help themselves.
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Matt Warren
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Top story
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The Maldives: beautiful, but vulnerable.
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Paul Hanna, University of Surrey
It's not just the price to you, but how much it costs the destination.
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Science + Technology
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Neeltje Boogert, University of Exeter
New research suggests otters' learning ability could help captive animals to thrive in the wild.
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Ian Towle, Liverpool John Moores University
Diet and disease leave characteristic marks on our teeth which can reman for millions of years.
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Politics + Society
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Ilan Kelman, UCL
The widespread discussion as to whether the Hurricane Harvey disaster was caused by climate change or not is a dangerous distraction from the real issues.
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Jan Boesten, University of Oxford
The last time the FARC joined in democratic politics, thousands of its members and leaders were murdered. Will this time be different?
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Luke Grover, University of Liverpool
Young people in El Salvador are finding themselves caught up in the war between the gangs and the state.
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Education
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Georgia Chronaki, University of Central Lancashire
We need to value compassion as well as cleverness.
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Health + Medicine
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Nick Tiller, Sheffield Hallam University
The physical impact of extreme exercise on the body is intense.
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Petra Czarniak, Curtin University
Quetiapine, sold under the brand name Seroquel, is a short-acting antipsychotic drug to treat major mental illnesses. It has also been increasingly prescribed off-label for insomnia.
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Environment + Energy
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Russ Schumacher, Colorado State University
An expert in extreme weather events explains why the rain – and thus flooding – associated with Hurricane Harvey has been 'unprecedented.'
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Fazilda Nabeel, University of Sussex
Millions of livelihoods depend on the Indus Basin aquifer.
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Keith Somerville, University of Kent
The first online rhino auction in South Africa wasn't a success. This has done very little to help rhinos. It may, in fact, encourage more poaching as demand has not slowed down.
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Business + Economy
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Steve Schifferes, City, University of London
Inequality was the hot button issue at the triennial meeting of the world's top economists.
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Arts + Culture
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Keith R Allen, Institute of Contemporary History Munich - Berlin
The 1954 defection of West Germany's first domestic spy chief and ardent anti-Nazi rocked the world – and then he returned to Bonn.
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