Editor's note

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our Fact Check series, Simon Baker argues that any evidence that drinking coffee actually leads to cancer has long been superseded by more substantial research showing the opposite – it could actually protect you from cancer.

Jonathan Este

Associate Editor

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Toffee Dating: why I won't be using the new 'private school only' app

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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Five changes that could make make housing better for generation rent

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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Fact Check: does coffee cause cancer?

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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    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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