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Editor's note
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Possibly the best gossip to come out of the Met Gala was news of tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and musician Grimes’s budding romance. What you may not have clocked is the bizarre way that they met – thanks to Roko’s Basilisk, a “terrifying” philosophical thought experiment about artificial intelligence. Sophie Ward explains.
If you thought comics were all about laughs and biff, bang, pow, think again. Golnar Nabizadeh runs through her top seven graphic works with something profound to say about humanity – touching on everything from Afghan war survivors to a mother who loses her two-year-old boy to heart surgery.
There’s a type of lizard in New Guinea that bleeds lime green blood. The lizards’ veins are filed with a kind of toxic bile that overpowers the colour of red blood cells, and yet the animals seem to suffer no ill effects. Anita Malhotra explains how new research into the lizards’ evolutionary origins could help narrow down the explanation for this quirk of nature.
Also on the site: the non-violent protesters in Gaza who have been robbed of their voice by Leonie Fleischmann, and why greener fuels may not make shipping safer, by Paul Davies.
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Josephine Lethbridge
Interdisciplinary Editor
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Top stories
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The happy new couple at the Met Gala.
Justin Lane/EPA
Sophie Ward, Goldsmiths, University of London
How Roko's Basilisk, a 'terrifying' thought experiment, went to the Met Gala.
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Taken from Persepolis.
1. Marjane Satrapi
Golnar Nabizadeh, University of Dundee
Why this art form is rather more than just biff, bang pow.
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Christopher Austin
Anita Malhotra, Bangor University
New research shows green-blooded skinks have evolved multiple times, which could help lead to explanation as to why.
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Politics + Society
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Leonie Fleischmann, City, University of London
Thanks to a violent fringe of protesters backed by Hamas, a far larger non-violent movement is struggling to control the narrative of what's happening in Gaza.
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Rodrigo García-Velasco, University of Cambridge
The inter-marriage of Muslim families and the mingling with Christianity provides us with an interesting back story to a Muslim ancestor of the current British monarch.
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Matthew Seddon, Lancaster University
Theresa May's party struggled to appeal to younger voters. But that wasn't always the case.
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Graeme Fairchild, University of Bath; Christina Stadler, University of Basel
Young people need more protection while they're growing up.
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Science + Technology
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Jennell Vick, Case Western Reserve University
Where you come down on the latest internet hullabaloo depends on how your brain fills in gaps in the sounds you hear.
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Vicky Neale, University of Oxford; Lizzie Kimber, Bishop Grosseteste University
Not great at thinking in pictures? Try drawing, talking or using equations.
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Michael Wade, IMD Business School
Organisations are on the losing side, especially those that rely on leveraging personal data to compete. But there will be a net benefit to consumers – and that's a good thing.
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Environment + Energy
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John Healey, Bangor University; John Halley, University of Ioannina; Kalliopi Stara, University of Ioannina
Many sacred sites such as temples, and churchyards are havens for biodiversity.
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Paul A. Davies, Liverpool John Moores University
Shipping is becoming greener, but this brings new safety challenges.
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Arts + Culture
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William McKeen, Boston University
A journalism scholar and biographer of Tom Wolfe looks back at a literary great's life of challenging cultural standards.
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Business + Economy
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Jonathan Seaton, Loughborough University
Is £26,000 on sausage rolls money well spent?
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Cities
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Regina Serpa, University of Stirling
Seattle City Council tried raising taxes to help the homeless, and now it faces a political firestorm. There are better ways to fight the good fight.
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Education
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Panoraia (Nora) Andriopoulou, Manchester Metropolitan University
Giving children counselling at school saves money in the long term because it equips them with the tools they need in adolescence and adulthood.
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