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I’m a woman and I like to drink beer. I didn’t think that was that unusual in this day and age, but apparently only 17% of the UK’s beer drinkers are female. As part of efforts to change that, the real ale campaign group CAMRA recently banned beers with sexist names and labels from the Great British Beer Festival. There’s actually quite a few that use derogatory and sexualised images of women.
But beer’s sexism problem runs deeper than marketing. Research into the craft beer industry by Chris Land and colleagues reveals a number of barriers to entry and progression for women brewers. Interviews reveal how this ranges from the equipment they use being designed for men to full blown harassment.
Also on The Conversation, an atmospheric scientist debunks the idea that the Amazon rainforest produces 20% of Earth’s oxygen. And a dyslexic academic explains why using coloured overlays to improve
reading may offer false hope.
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Chris Land, Anglia Ruskin University
Beers with sexist names and labels were banned from the Great British Beer Festival this summer.
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Fire consumes an area near Jaci Parana, state of Rondonia, Brazil, Aug. 24, 2019.
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Scott Denning, Colorado State University
If the Amazon rainforest functions as our planet's lungs, what do raging wildfires threaten? An atmospheric scientist explains why the fires, though devastating, won't suffocate life on Earth.
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Jeremy Law, University of Glasgow
Based on the current body of evidence, the use of coloured filters should not be recommended as a dyslexia treatment, nor be provided through publicly funded bodies.
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Arts + Culture
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Chetna Prajapati, Loughborough University
Science is helping turn textiles into a cleaner greener industry.
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Mike Ryder, Lancaster University
Science fiction is fast becoming science fact, which should be cause for concern.
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Cities
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David Wall, University of Leeds
Cyber-criminals are targeting city authorities because they often pay out – but there are other ways to protect public data and services.
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Health + Medicine
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Angharad Mostyn Wilkie, Bangor University
Cilia appear on nearly every cell in the body and their presence (or lack of) can drastically change our health.
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Environment + Energy
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Judi Lowe, Southern Cross University
Former fishermen in the Philippines are lifting their families out of poverty through whale shark tourism.
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Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2JA, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — University of Oxford
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Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham Innovation Park, , Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — University of Nottingham
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Here East, Queen Elizabeth Park, London, London, City of, E15 2GW, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — UCL
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Cambridge Judge Business School, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1AG, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — University of Cambridge
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