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Editor's note
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Kids come up with the most amazing questions; like Samson, aged four, who wonders how clouds stay up in the sky. Most adults would be stymied, but atmospheric scientist Jim McQuaid is an expert on clouds – he even flew up in an airship to weigh one, once. His fascinating response forms part of The Conversation’s Curious Kids series – where children of all ages can have their questions about the world answered by experts. Earlier this week,
Sarah, aged 12, found out whether an insect flying in a moving car has to move at the same speed, to keep up.
Most parents are well informed about how their children should develop and what they can do to help them. But it’s often less obvious how culture affects this process. Ching-Yu Huang argues that knowledge about cultural differences in children’s thinking and memory has important practical implications in many areas where you have to understand a child’s psychology.
Research from King’s College London has revealed a depressing gender imbalance among the people called on to comment as experts for online news. It seems four in five are men. Laura Jones appeals to journalists to update their contact lists.
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Emily Lindsay Brown
Editor for Cities and Young People
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Top stories
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Jim McQuaid, University of Leeds
Even a small cloud can weigh as much as four tonnes – but gravity, chemistry and temperature keep them floating in the sky.
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Ching-Yu Huang, Bournemouth University
Culture plays a role in forming a child's identity, conversational style and memory. This has many implications for how to deal with children, from school to the judicial system.
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Laura Jones, King's College London
The shocking lack of gender balance is not just bad for women. It's doing the public a major disservice.
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Politics + Society
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Andrew Blick, King's College London
Enough MPs oppose a no-deal Brexit to form a government together, but party rivalries are difficult to overcome.
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Robin Callender Smith, Queen Mary University of London
Judge's decision means the media cannot identify a suspect until they are arrested. This may be challenged on appeal.
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Simon Chadwick, University of Salford
It seems likely that football will remain a pawn in an intensifying proxy war.
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Charlie Lloyd, University of York; Geoff Page, University of York; Sharon Grace, University of York
New research in North Yorkshire has found most police officers are keen not to criminalise cannabis users.
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Health + Medicine
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Emily Troscianko, University of Oxford
Is the belief in art’s healing power just wishful thinking, or is there something to it?
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Yewande Okuleye, University of Leicester
Cannabis, medical marijuana and CBD oil explained.
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Arts + Culture
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Hiu Man Chan, Cardiff University
After a co-production treaty was signed in 2013, a vast new market is beginning to open up.
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Sean Lang, Anglia Ruskin University
Few Victorian imperial 'hero' figures survive the scrutiny of the post-colonial age, but John Nicholson's lust for blood led to a strange twist.
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Environment + Energy
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Alastair Buckley, University of Sheffield
Energy experts are getting excited about a proposed solar farm in Kent and what it could mean for a clean energy future.
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Business + Economy
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John Colley, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Comcast and Disney's bidding war for Sky can only be justified by the outside threat of Amazon and Netflix.
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