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Editor's note
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What will the future hold? Will robots steal our jobs? Does sci-fi have any answers? Our latest podcast, The Anthill, tackles these questions and more. Six academics share historical visions of the future, tales of utopias and dystopias, and what it's like to study the future for your day job.
Size doesn’t matter when it comes to brain power. At least not according to Clint Perry and Olli Loukola, who have managed to teach a group of bees to play football (sort of), despite the tiny amounts of grey matter they possess compared to humans.
This month marks the centenary of Anthony Burgess's birth – and his dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange remains as poignant as ever. But while many are familiar with its themes of ultraviolence and brutal state control, says Philip Seargeant, what's even more intriguing is how the book was once drawn into the real world of Russian espionage, fake news and paranoia.
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Annabel Bligh
Business and Economy Editor
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Top story
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Will de Freitas, The Conversation; Annabel Bligh, The Conversation; Gemma Ware, The Conversation
In this episode we look at historical visions of the future and how accurate they were, the future of work, and what it's like to predict the future for a day job.
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Science + Technology
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Clint Perry, Queen Mary University of London; Olli Loukola, Queen Mary University of London
They shoot, they score ... if there's a sugary reward at the end of it.
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Martin Archer, Queen Mary University of London
The Earth's magnetic field acts like a giant instrument playing magnetic music.
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Politics + Society
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Philip Seargeant, The Open University
On the centenary of Anthony Burgess’s birth – A Clockwork Orange had a profound influence on the cultural and political landscape.
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David Scott, The Open University
A new reform bill will not fix the prison problem: too many people are being incarcerated.
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Ignacio De La Rasilla Del Moral, Brunel University London
Eight decades after it was first mooted, the world needs a mechanism to prosecute cross-border terrorists in peacetime.
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Nick Alston, Anglia Ruskin University
Taking on a 45,000-strong organisation, with a budget of more than £2.5 billion would stretch the most seasoned corporate executive.
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Martin J. Bull, University of Salford
The former PM has resigned as leader of his party in the hope of returning to the top job. But it hasn't quite gone to plan.
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Health + Medicine
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James Brown, Aston University
The discovery by researchers at Yale University that the brain is capable of converting glucose into fructose may lead to changes in how we target neurological complications in diabetes.
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Jane Falkingham, University of Southampton
Over the last century, life expectancy has increased by seven hours a day.
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Mark Wainwright, Liverpool John Moores University
This research could provide an answer to some of the problems posed by antibiotic resistance.
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Blair H. Smith, University of Dundee
Chronic pain often comes with other illnesses. Researchers have now shown that genetics can play a part in how likely you are to suffer.
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Sarah Jackson, UCL
Hair samples reveal how stress and obesity are linked.
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Business + Economy
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Hassaan Khan, Anglia Ruskin University
The billionaire investor has dumped groceries in favour of tech and airline stocks.
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Nicky Marsh, University of Southampton
Where our money comes from is deeply political and the politics involved is often highly complex.
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Arts + Culture
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Nicola Vaughan, Swansea University
Zoolander 2, anyone?
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Tony D Sampson, University of East London
Alternative facts owe more to Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World than Orwell's 1984.
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Featured events
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Room ARC/014, Alcuin Research Resource Centre, Alcuin College, York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom — University of York
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Cambridge Judge Business School, Trumpington St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1AG, United Kingdom — Cambridge Judge Business School
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51 Gordon Square, London, London, City of, WC1H 0PN, United Kingdom — UCL
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Room ARC/014, Alcuin Research Resource Centre, Alcuin College, York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom — University of York
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