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Editor's note
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A painting on show in New York has stirred US cultural sensitivities. Open Casket, which is a representation of photographs of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, has been condemned as “cultural appropriation" of a highly sensitive and symbolic image for African Americans. Andy Pratt looks at when borrowing from other cultures is theft – and when it is simply fair exchange.
British woodlands are currently erupting in a blaze of colour as the nation’s bluebells spring into life. But these forest flowers aren’t just a pretty sight, says Vera Thoss. Below the surface, they’re also ruthless competitors in the woodland turf war.
Volcanoes have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the last few centuries and are a vivid example of our planet’s destructive power. But which now pose the greatest threat? Matthew Blackett highlights the ones to watch … and the havoc they could wreak.
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Jonathan Este
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‘This is our patch.’
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Vera Thoss, Bangor University
They're not just a pretty spring sight – behind the scenes, bluebells are ruthless competitors.
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Politics + Society
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Andy Pratt, City, University of London
A painting of a symbolic moment in the history of the US civil rights movement has stirred emotions.
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Kirsten Roberts Lyer, Central European University
A move that could shut an independent university in Budapest poses fundamental questions about European values.
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Veronica Barnsley, University of Sheffield; Shirin Teifouri, University of Sheffield
In Sheffield, a city of new arrivals, creativity is helping newcomers adjust.
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Tom Smith, University of Portsmouth
Trump's attack on Assad's air force was opportunist and reckless. It was also long overdue.
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Environment + Energy
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Matthew Blackett, Coventry University
The clock is ticking.
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Terry Hughes, James Cook University; Britta Schaffelke, Australian Institute of Marine Science; James Kerry, James Cook University
Two-thirds of the corals in the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef have died on in the reef's worst-ever bleaching event, according to the latest underwater surveys.
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Science + Technology
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Stuart Wigby, University of Oxford
What do we really know about the link between a species' sex life and how it evolves?
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Business + Economy
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Robin Milne, University of Glasgow
While the government's opponents rage about benefits being cut, claims on what remains are often barely 50% of those entitled.
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Dimo Dimov, University of Bath
Elements of the condition are well suited to getting on with business.
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Arts + Culture
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Ed Braman, University of York
After Brexit, we can expect a tax-breaks bonanza for the UK film industry. This has big implications for Scotland and the EU.
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Andrew Calcutt, University of East London
It needn't end this way.
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Robert Shail, Leeds Beckett University
They came from very different backgrounds, but both Olivia de Havilland and Kirk Douglas have both celebrated their 100th birthdays.
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Education
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Kim Ridealgh, University of East Anglia
The importance of speaking other languages in a post-Brexit world.
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Health + Medicine
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Rebecca S. Dewey, University of Nottingham
Scientists are only just beginning to understand the full extend of noise-induced hearing loss.
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Aimee Grant, Cardiff University
However mothers feed their babies, there is always some kind of criticism.
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