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Editor's note
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Scientific understanding of the genetic causes of schizophrenia is steadily advancing – providing insight into what lies behind the alternate realities experienced by sufferers. This is of course promising, but scientists have no hope of truly understanding psychosis, or indeed any other mental illness, without understanding the nature of the subjective experiences of those who are ill.
Here, art can be a critical tool, as psychiatrist Elizabeth Tunbridge has learned from her artistic workshops with psychosis patients. Her experience has even prompted her to change her scientific practice.
And does your employer allow remote working? Such flexibility can be fantastic – but if not correctly handled, can also actually increase stress. And find out about the new education system that was central to the Kurdish revolution – it’s now under attack.
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Josephine Lethbridge
Interdisciplinary Editor
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Top stories
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Close up of ‘Segment of aself’.
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Elizabeth Tunbridge, University of Oxford
It is essential that scientists seek to understand the unique experiences of individuals with schizophrenia.
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Stephanie Russell, Anglia Ruskin University
While there are certainly benefits, there are also a number of pitfalls to remote working.
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An Islamic State tank beneath a statue of a Kurdish fighter in Kobanî, northern Syria.
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Elise Boyle Espinosa, University of Aberdeen
The Turkish offensive in northern Syria not only threatens international security, but destroys hope for a democratic alternative in the Middle East.
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Environment + Energy
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Caroline Hickman, University of Bath
In the face of the climate crisis, a lot of young people are experiencing eco-anxiety – here, a psychotherapist explains how to cope.
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Caroline Hickman, University of Bath
Greta Thunberg has received a lot of abuse for her campaign to provoke global action on climate change.
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Mirjam Roeder, Aston University
Our new pilot project in the Philippines hopes to empower rice farmers through bioenergy.
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Thomas Oudman, University of St Andrews
Once they faced extinction, now barnacle geese are thriving and adapting to climate change by finding new feeding grounds.
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Politics + Society
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Katherine Davies, University of Sheffield
Interviews show Brexit divisions can cause tension but that people are thinking carefully about how to avoid breakdown.
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Annamaria Neag, Bournemouth University; Richard Berger, Bournemouth University
But out-of-date kit, lack of access to digital technologies and expensive mobile broadband packages can all act as barriers to being able to operate successfully in the digital world.
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Jilly Boyce Kay, University of Leicester; Melanie Kennedy, University of Leicester
We might lap up the spectacle of two high-profile women fighting publicly, but when do you ever hear about men having 'cat-fights'?
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Science + Technology
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Maarten Boudry, Ghent University
We know that pigs or dogs will never understand prime numbers. Some philosophers think that concepts like consciousness are similarly inaccessible to humans.
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Tony Rao, King's College London
Providing support and treatment might help reduce harmful drinking behaviours in seniors.
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Health + Medicine
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Colin Angus, University of Sheffield
Alcohol in shops is now more affordable than it has been at any point in the last 30 years.
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Announcement
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Jane Wright, The Conversation
Come along to our very own mini journofest, part of the Festival of the Future 2019.
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Bonar Hall University of Dundee, Dundee, Dundee City, DD1 4HN, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — The Conversation
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