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Editor's note
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A couple of hundred million years after the Big Bang, the universe went from being entirely dark and formless to bright and twinkling, at least in some places. Sadly, we know very little about this cosmic dawn when the very first stars and galaxies formed. But now astronomers have indirectly spotted some of the first stars in a galaxy 13.2 billion light years away. James Geach explains why the research is so important.
Kim Kardashian West was described as a “toxic influence” in an Instagram post after she began promoting appetite suppressing lollipops. The lollipops, made by Flat Tummy Co, aren’t supported by robust scientific evidence, says James Brown. And they only serve to make young women dissatisfied with their bodies.
As Colombia struggles to keep its peace process on track, it’s facing up to five decades of atrocities. High up the list is the so-called “false positives” scandal, in which soldiers abducted and killed civilians then claimed they were FARC guerrillas to get reward money from the government. A new book claims that up to 10,000 civilians may have been killed in this way, Seb Eskauriatza looks at the implications for one of the world’s most remarkable peace deals.
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Miriam Frankel
Science Editor
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Top stories
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Galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223 taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. The inset image is the very distant galaxy MACS1149-JD1.
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, W. Zheng (JHU), M. Postman (STScI), the CLASH Team, Hashimoto et al.
James Geach, University of Hertfordshire
Astronomers have indirectly spotted some of the first stars in the universe by making their most distant detection of oxygen in a galaxy that existed just 500m years after the Big Bang.
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HELMUT FOHRINGER/Shutterstock.com
James Brown, Aston University
Kim Kardashian West comes under fire for promoting an appetite-suppressing lollipop on social media.
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Colombian soldiers at a concert tribute to the army.
EPA/Mauricio Osorio
Seb Eskauriatza, University of Birmingham
As reports of crimes against humanity mount, Colombia's post-conflict justice system is still moving desperately slowly.
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Politics + Society
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Julie M Norman, Queen's University Belfast
Young Palestinian activists are risking their lives to protest against Israeli occupation – here's why.
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Maria Holt, University of Westminster
Palestinian women are the backbone of a fragmented and demoralised society.
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Fiona de Londras, University of Birmingham
The almost total ban on abortion in Ireland does not work to protect women's health.
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Stephen Clear, Bangor University
Scotland said no, so why would Wales say yes to letting the UK take over devolved powers?
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Sarah Zipp, University of Stirling; Kay Standing, Liverpool John Moores University
The Scottish club's move to support women's struggles with menstruation and sport is the first of its kind.
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Jonathan Spangler, Manchester Metropolitan University
What Prince Harry can learn from his predecessors.
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Business + Economy
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Rebecca Cassidy, Goldsmiths, University of London
That the government has finally moved to limit the damage is welcome, but there is much still to do.
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Caroline Clarke, The Open University; David Knights, Lancaster University
More than half of vets consider a change of job, despite considerable financial, emotional and intellectual investment.
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Arts + Culture
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Matthew Alford, University of Bath; Patrycja Rozbicka, Aston University
The music industry, like all other media, can be censored to some extent. So how does this change its output?
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Margaret Leclere, Staffordshire University
The social structures that once enabled male artists to exploit and abuse women must be cast into the past. But castigating their work to the scrapheap is an act of cultural suicide.
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Science + Technology
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Ann Swift, University of Portsmouth
British space firms would get a shot in the arm from building a new GPS-style system if the UK is shut out of the EU's programme.
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