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Editor's note
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Should we edit the genomes of human embryos? This is a fierce debate that has been raging for years – and its outcome will have profound implications. In the first in a new line in Conversation articles that sees academics of different disciplines brought together to consider current issues, social scientist Felicity Boardman and geneticist Helen O'Neill go Head to Head. They discuss the potential of genome editing, the issue of “designer
babies”, and implications for society now and in the future.
Marathon running is all the rage – if you haven’t done one yourself, you probably know someone who has. But what about when 26.2 miles isn’t enough? Nick Tiller is an ultra-marathon runner and exercise physiologist, who recently ran 100 miles in a day. From diarrhoea to heart damage, Nick explains what this feat did to his body and why the risks were worth the rewards.
The Egyptian government is building a city from scratch, which is to become its new capital by the middle of 2019. It’s not the first nation to do so; in the 1950s, Brazil commissioned architect Lúcio Costa to create an inclusive city, which embodied the state’s egalitarian ideals. Costa’s plan failed, and Brasília became unequal and segregated – but Nuno Pinto and Aya Badawy have some advice to help Egypt’s new capital avoid the same fate.
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Josephine Lethbridge
Interdisciplinary Editor
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Top stories
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Felicity Boardman, University of Warwick; Helen O'Neill, UCL
Academics from different disciplines come Head to Head in this series to tackle topical debates.
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Nick Tiller, Sheffield Hallam University
An ultra-marathon runner and exercise physiologist describes what it's like to take part in an ultra-endurance event, and the consequences it had on his body.
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A model city?
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Nuno Pinto, University of Manchester; Aya Badawy, University of Manchester
Brasília was designed to be a just and inclusive city, but it still failed. Can Egypt's new capital avoid the same mistakes?
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Business + Economy
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Lorraine Talbot, University of Birmingham
All companies with over 250 employees would be required to have one third of its board comprised of employee representatives.
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Science + Technology
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Eleni Vasilaki, University of Sheffield
Those warning about a machine takeover typically assume AI will develop super intelligence. Here's what the science says.
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Arts + Culture
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Ian Wilkie, University of Salford
Best known these days as the presenter of It'll Be Alright on the Night, Norden was one of a generation of entertainers who got their start in uniform.
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Environment + Energy
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Ash Murphy, Keele University
The UK was part of the EU's collective pledge of emissions cuts ahead of Paris.
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Health + Medicine
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Nicholas Rich, Swansea University
NHS Wales staff have been using their expertise and experience to suggest new ways of working.
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Gavin Nobes, University of East Anglia; Georgia Panagiotaki, University of East Anglia
Stepfathers are less likely to kill their children than previous researchers have claimed.
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Politics + Society
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Roisin Costello, Trinity College Dublin
Mechanisms to keep users safe from violent content may pose serious problems for international justice.
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Slobodan Tomic, University College Dublin; Rebecca Schmidt, Dublin City University
Anti-doping laboratories have historically worked well, but the anti-doping organisations themselves lack oversight.
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Paula Keaveney, Edge Hill University
After stitching more than 100 proposed motions into one, what's left will disappoint some members.
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Etain Tannam, Trinity College Dublin
The question of the Irish border remains at the centre of Brexit negotiations after an informal summit of EU leaders in Salzburg.
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