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The staggering world record run set by Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge has rekindled questions about just how low the marathon record can go – and how long before the first sub-two-hour race is achieved. Michael Joyner argues that his performance further underlines the physiological potential to run even faster under the right conditions – and perhaps even under two hours. Less certain is whether it will be Kipchoge or a new generation of
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An exhibition in London to commemorate Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday called “Mandela and me” is being sponsored by Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining houses. Andy Higginbottom argues that it’s a particularly blatant attempt to harness Mandela’s legend to a corporate agenda.
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Kenyan long distance runner Eliud Kipchoge sets a new world record at the Berlin Marathon.
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Michael Joyner, Mayo Clinic
Under the right conditions marathons could be run in under two hours.
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Arts + Culture
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Andy Higginbottom, Kingston University
Corporate interests undermine the British Council's mission to build trust.
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Science + Technology
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Bernard Jan Bladergroen, University of the Western Cape
High quality Li-ion batteries could help Africa optimise renewable energy.
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Education
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Melanie Ute Wohlfahrt, Technische Universität Dresden
The need for qualified teachers is a major challenge in a number of African countries.
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From our international editions
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Peter Lucas, University of Central Lancashire
Perfectionism-driven social anxiety means young men will also be susceptible to ideological scripting of behaviour on TV.
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Margaret Hagerman, Mississippi State University
Over the course of two years, a sociologist studied a group of affluent, white kids to see how they made sense of sensitive racial issues like privilege, unequal opportunity and police violence.
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María Isabel Alfonso, St. Joseph's College of New York
Cuba is avowedly secular. But as the country debates a new Constitution that would protect LGBT rights, churches have come out strongly against gay marriage — a sign of change on the Communist island.
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Qingyao Kong, University of Chicago
In a completely new approach to treating addiction, researchers use genetically engineered skin cells to inactivate cocaine and block cravings and addiction in mice.
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