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Editor's note
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The tax secrets of hundreds of politicians, multinationals and high net worth individuals – including the Queen, US secretary of state Rex Tillerson, Apple and Nike – have been leaked in what has been dubbed the Paradise Papers. While last year’s Panama Papers focused on one of the least reformed offshore havens, the new leak reveals the goings on in some of the most highly-regulated, including Bermuda and the Cayman islands. Tax havens expert Ronen Palan outlines the key findings.
In Brazil, a booming hydroelectric power industry is threatening the Pantanal. This swampy area the size of a small country is packed with wildlife, but dozens of power stations are planned on rivers that flow into it. Lauren Crabb and others report on how these dams threaten to disrupt the vast wetland’s natural rhythm.
And scientists have made a breakthrough in their quest to uncover the heat source behind the powerful geysers and active internal ocean on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Monica Grady explains a new study, which shows that the moon’s ocean could have existed for long enough to spawn life.
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Annabel Bligh
Business + Economy Editor
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Trouble in paradise: Bermuda is at the centre of the Paradise Papers leak.
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Ronen Palan, City, University of London
Unlike the Panama Papers, the latest leak shines a light on the elites of the offshore world.
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Science + Technology
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Monica Grady, The Open University
Scientists used to think that the ocean on Enceladus would be transient, perhaps freezing after a few million years. A new study suggests this isn't the case.
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Rufus Pollock, University of Cambridge
The printing press, like the internet, has been revolutionary. But technology alone is not enough – access to to it must be open to ensure its benefits are felt.
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Environment + Energy
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Lauren Crabb, Coventry University; Anna Laing, University of Sussex; Bronwen Whitney, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Carlos Saito, University of Brasilia
The region relies on seasonal flooding, yet energy demand is year-round.
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Andrew King, University of Melbourne; David Karoly, University of Melbourne
This year is poised to go down as the hottest non-El Niño year ever recorded, with record low polar ice and extreme weather that left many regions battling bushfires and hurricanes.
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Tom van Laer, City, University of London; Ross Gordon, Macquarie University
A new study shows that positive tales make a difference.
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Richard K.F. Unsworth, Swansea University; Ruth Callaway, Swansea University
Trowels and spades are being put to use in the sea.
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Matthew Paterson, University of Manchester; Marc Hudson, University of Manchester
And one thing that probably will, but won't make much difference.
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Cities
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Alison Browne, University of Manchester; Mike Foden, Keele University
We need to delve into the mucky complexities of fats, oils and greases in and beyond the home.
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Politics + Society
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Jonathan Davis, Anglia Ruskin University
Several key figures travelled to Soviet Russia in its early days to witness the socialist state in action.
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Sharon Jagger, University of York
Women clergy are still fighting a battle for acceptance in the church.
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Faith Gordon, University of Westminster
A loophole robs children of their right to privacy, exposing them to long-term consequences.
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Peter Gatrell, University of Manchester
The certificate gave a new form of international protection to stateless Russian and Armenian refugees.
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John Heathershaw, University of Exeter
With several terror attacks committed by Uzbeks abroad in 2017, one of the world's harshest regimes is coming under scrutiny.
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Business + Economy
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Gemma Houldey, University of Sussex
A huge majority of humanitarian employees are local to the country of intervention, but their motivations and pressures are often misunderstood.
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Arts + Culture
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Richard Carr, Anglia Ruskin University
The biggest name in the era of silent movies was also a serial sexual predator.
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