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Editor's note
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If you've had a sleepless night with a baby, this morning brings welcome news. Researchers have been collaborating with musician Imogen Heap to create a song designed specifically to make little ones happy. It could help make your weekend a bit more relaxed.
After a turbulent week in politics, we've got some recommendations for films you can watch to counter the kind of anti-migrant rhetoric coming from some parts of the world.
And for those of you taking to the streets again to march against Donald Trump's policies, a specialist in protest movements has some ideas about how to have maximum impact.
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Laura Hood
Politics Editor, Assistant Editor
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Top story
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SIlly sounds or smooth jazz?
Caspar Addyman, Goldsmiths, University of London
Researchers teamed up with artist Imogen Heap to discover what music makes babies laugh.
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Health + Medicine
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Susan Walker, Anglia Ruskin University
New technology claims to offer an effective alternative to hormonal contraception.
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Julia Petty, University of Hertfordshire
Studying the long-term benefits of closeness in the early days of life.
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Neil Gibson, Heriot-Watt University; Robert McCunn, Saarland University
As the RBS Six Nations rugby tournament begins, the risk of injury is back in the limelight.
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Arts + Culture
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Deborah Shaw, University of Portsmouth
Filmmakers sympathetic to the plight of Mexican and Central American migrants are using their films to counter the fug of misinformation.
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Joanna Gavins, University of Sheffield
Science cannot ensure a sustainable future for the world’s population on its own. Artists are needed as well.
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Raluca Radulescu, Bangor University
Historic heroes like King Arthur have helped audiences through the ages to cope with troubling times.
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Elise Hugueny-Léger, University of St Andrews
'Autofiction' has an important role to play in this new post-truth world.
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Politics + Society
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David J. Bailey, University of Birmingham
Can the new administration be swayed if the people keep up the pressure?
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Paul Smith, University of Nottingham
The former PM stands accused of employing his wife for years without bothering to mention it to voters.
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Lutz Oette, SOAS, University of London
Torture is the ultimate abuse of state power over the individual. If the US returns to using it, all hell could break loose.
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David Beamish, SOAS, University of London
Islamic writers are having the same conversations today as they were in the early 20th century.
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Gwilym Pryce, University of Sheffield
The Law and Justice party is making a grab for the Polish capital, by making it massive, but ultimately residents may pay the price.
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Henry Knight Lozano, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Zuckerberg is just the latest in a long line of West Coast capitalists to purchase a slice of Hawaii.
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Mark Devenney, University of Brighton; Clare Woodford, University of Brighton
True democracy is actually a radical idea.
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John Jewell, Cardiff University
Is there method behind the US president's seeming social media incontinence?
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Science + Technology
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Justin H G Williams, University of Aberdeen
The serious science of toilet humour.
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Domino Joyce, University of Hull
Some fish build sandcastles to attract a mate but others just use sneaky tactics.
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Richard Stephens, Keele University
Using naughty words has often been associated with a lack of intelligence, but studies show that it could be a cleverer use of language than we thought.
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Clare Jonas, University of East London; Josie Malinowski, University of East London
Researchers are trying to train synaesthesia-like associations in people who don't have the condition.
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Business + Economy
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Maria Garcia, University of Bath
Negotiating trade deals is a tremendous task and requires clarity for each and every economic sector involved. Unfortunately, the government is offering little detail on this.
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Alexander Tziamalis, Sheffield Hallam University
Home owners and first time buyers are right to be confused, so how should you play expected changes to a low rates environment?
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Keith Glanfield, Aston University
Businesses were top dog when it came to branding but popular politics show there's a new player in town.
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Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom — Royal Holloway
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