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Editor's note
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Faced with a moral dilemma, studies have shown that bilingual people can act differently depending on which language they deploy. And after a strange experience on a motorway, David Miller explains how language can influence emotion and reason when it comes to decision-making.
George Osborne has faced calls to resign as editor of the Evening Standard following allegations that the newspaper signed deals promising several companies favourable editorial coverage. But the blurring of editorial and advertorial content, says Angela Phillips, is a growing problem across the industry.
The more than 100m years of isolation since Madagascar detached from mainland Africa have left its unique animals incredibly vulnerable to invasive species, such as the Asian toad, introduced accidentally a decade ago. None of the island’s native animals have learned to avoid these toxic toads, writes Wolfgang Wüster, and only one small rodent has any natural resistance.
And Lyndsay Duthie takes a look at why such a surprisingly large number of people are willing to admit the reality show Love Island is one of their guilty pleasures.
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Michael Parker
Membership Editor
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Top stories
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Swearing can come more easily to people in their second language.
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David Miller, University of Reading
Ethical decisions deliver less emotional impact when presented in a second language, study finds.
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George Osborne, editor of the Evening Standard, is facing calls to resign.
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Angela Phillips, Goldsmiths, University of London
Allegations that the newspaper has been promising positive coverage in return for payments have rocked the big-selling London newspaper.
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Ben Marshall
Wolfgang Wüster, Bangor University
New study confirms fears that the island's native wildlife can be poisoned by introduced Asian toads.
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Lyndsay Duthie, University of Hertfordshire
Exploitative reality show or a modern-day Jane Austen? You decide.
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Health + Medicine
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Ruairi C Robertson, Queen Mary University of London
New study in mice shows that omega-3 in mother protects babies' gut health for life.
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Cities
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Andrea Connor, Western Sydney University; Donald McNeill, Western Sydney University
Cities are expanding upwards and downwards, as well as outwards. With urban density also increasing, moving people efficiently around the city, often using ageing infrastructure, is quite a challenge.
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Arts + Culture
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Bernard Rollin, Colorado State University
In the past, owners were quick to put their pets down. Now, with many viewing pets as family members, are they waiting too long?
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Gary Haq, University of York
Children will be responsible for the future protection of our fragile planet. Their knowledge and engagement are critical.
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Politics + Society
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Lorna McGregor, University of Essex
Victims could be entitled to redress – but it won't be easy.
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Beverley Milton-Edwards, Queen's University Belfast
Without strategic clarity from the US, the Saudis and their allies are under little pressure to thaw their frozen relationship with Qatar.
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Science + Technology
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Dave McGarvie, The Open University; Rebecca Williams, University of Hull
Pyroclastic flows are biggest danger in these eruptions.
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Richard Bower, Durham University
New research on parallel universes forces cosmologists to come to an uncomfortable conclusion.
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Peter Vickers, Durham University
From human 'gills' to reproducing rock, evidence hasn't always pointed scientists in the right direction.
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