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Editor's note
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Stock markets took a tumble at the start of this week, with a sharp drop in the Dow Jones industrial average triggering a selloff in both Asian and European markets. Despite the high drama on trading floors, Arturo Bris outlines three reasons why there’s no cause for panic.
For most of us, getting snapped up into the belly of a gargantuan predator would spell the end. Not so for the bombardier beetle, which when eaten releases a caustic concoction so potent that it can make a hungry frog vomit. Luc Bussiere talks us through this fiery defence mechanism.
Oscar Wilde famously proclaimed sarcasm to be the lowest form of wit. But he also thought it the highest form of intelligence, so perhaps it’s no surprise that sarcasm is often associated with teachers and withering classroom put downs. There are even claims that sarcasm is a useful teaching tool that stretches minds and boosts creativity. Yeah right, says Richard Dunk. Sarcasm can be alienating and discriminating for young people, so it’s probably best to save it for the staff room.
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Annabel Bligh
Business + Economy Editor
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Top stories
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Arturo Bris, IMD Business School
The Dow Jones just suffered its largest single-day points drop in history. But don't panic.
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What goes in must come out.
Sugiura & Sato, Kobe University
Luc Bussiere, University of Stirling
Meet the brawny bug with a concoction so caustic it'll make a toad vomit.
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Richard Dunk, Manchester Metropolitan University
Sarcasm can alienate and discriminate.
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Education
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Carol Vincent, UCL; Myriam Hunter-Henin, UCL
Teachers have a legal duty to promote British values, but what exactly are they?
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Arts + Culture
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Jonathan Westaway, University of Central Lancashire
Over a hundred historic expeditionary and travel films have been digitised recently by the Royal Geographical Society and the British Film Institute.
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Esther Johnson, Sheffield Hallam University
A top class female footballer and tragic young soldier who was shot for 'desertion' despite fighting in some of WW1's bloodiest battle fields are two hidden stories of The Great War.
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Health + Medicine
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Jessica Potter, Queen Mary University of London
The British government plans to double its annual charge for migrants to use the NHS.
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Sam Palmer, Heriot-Watt University; Thea Newman, University of Dundee
Scientists may have discovered why cancer incidence rises with age, and it's got more to do with the immune system than people thought.
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Politics + Society
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Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma's resistance to vacate the top job may be a blessing in disguise as it will stress test the country's political systems.
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Kristin Aune, Coventry University
It's been 100 years since women over 30 won the right to vote in Britain. But that didn't solve gender injustice – and young people today need feminism more than ever.
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Marie Coleman, Queen's University Belfast; Yvonne Galligan, Queen's University Belfast
Ireland was quick to elect a woman member of parliament, but it's been slow going thereafter.
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Ali Bilgic, Loughborough University
The Erdoğan regime's move into northern Syria is being justified in the name of European security.
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Bahar Baser, Coventry University; Emre Eren Korkmaz, University of Oxford
Yes, a lot of Turkish citizens are looking for a chance to start new lives abroad – but not all of them are doing it for the same reasons.
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Business + Economy
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Nancy Harding, University of Bath; Jackie Ford, Durham University; Sarah Gilmore, University of Exeter
We may often criticise our lack of leaders. But leadership is not easy to define – even by leaders themselves.
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Anna Kristina Hultgren, The Open University
Dubbed the 'female ghetto', there's a reason why women are significantly over-represented in call centres.
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Science + Technology
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Emma Dunne, University of Birmingham
A drying climate caused a mass extinction among plants, but paved the way for the ancestors of modern reptiles, mammals, and birds.
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Siraj Ahmed Shaikh, Coventry University
Cyberattacks are in the top five global risks, behind extreme weather events and natural disasters. But global cooperation remains deeply problematic.
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