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Editor's note
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A new dating app, Toffee Dating, has been set up exclusively for people who went to private school, because, as its Facebook page says, “people from similar backgrounds are more likely to stick together”. But Zoe Strimpel’s research into dating services suggests choice rather than exclusivity is the key. And it is this that has led to more people from mixed backgrounds finding a future together.
Up to a third of millennials are predicted to live in private rented housing from the day they’re born, until the day they die. As the traditional dream of home ownership seems further away, Jo Richardson outlines five ways to make housing better for “generation rent”.
Coffee may soon come with a warning label, at least in California, where a judge ruled the evidence that coffee contains the cancer-causing chemical acrylamide was enough to warrant a consumer alert. But, in the latest article in our Fact Check series, Simon Baker argues that any evidence that drinking coffee actually leads to cancer has long been superseded by more substantial research showing the opposite – it could actually protect you from cancer.
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Jonathan Este
Associate Editor
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Top stories
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Nejron Photo via Shutterstock
Zoe Strimpel, University of Sussex
Research shows that it's all about choice, not exclusivity, when it comes to finding a perfect match.
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It ain’t pretty.
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Jo Richardson, De Montfort University
Millennials can't count on MPs to act in their interest – unless more of them take to the ballot box.
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Simon Baker, University of York
A California judge ruled coffee should carry a cancer warning label but the evidence says something very different.
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Politics + Society
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Matthew White, Sheffield Hallam University
The government's Snoopers' Charter didn't permit blanket indiscriminate data retention, the Court of Appeal recently ruled. I strongly disagree.
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Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham; Brian Klaas, London School of Economics and Political Science
Elections are easy to rig, and they give authoritarian leaders a veneer of legitimacy they badly need.
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Layla Zaglul, University of Sussex
Why use bullets when you have crayons?
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Dennis R. Schmidt, Durham University
As the UK and US retreat from the global scene, Germany is ready to step up to preserve the liberal international order and is seeking a seat on the UN Security Council.
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Health + Medicine
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James Brown, Aston University; Alex Conner, University of Birmingham
A new study in rats adds to the evidence that artificial sweeteners may be bad for your health.
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Business + Economy
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Steve Schifferes, City, University of London
The UK media failed to challenge the government narrative of austerity despite its failure to revive the economy.
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Education
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Lucy Foulkes, University of York
When it comes to neuroscience, there's no such thing as an 'average' teenager.
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Environment + Energy
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Timothy Baker, University of Leeds; Ian Lawson, University of St Andrews; Katherine Roucoux; Thomas Kelly, British Geological Survey
Indigenous communities lived in the Amazon for thousands of years without chopping down their forests.
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Science + Technology
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Dan McQuillan, Goldsmiths, University of London
AI seems able to answer questions at the heart of humanitarianism – questions such as who we should save, and how to be effective at scale.
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Emma Hart, Edinburgh Napier University; Barry Gardiner, INRA
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