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Editor's note
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Doctor Who returns to television screens tonight and is expected to draw a huge audience for what will be Peter Capaldi's last season as the enigmatic Time Lord. Now is the time for the BBC to be bold about what happens next, says Alec Charles. Meanwhile, Kate Stewart and Matthew Cole ask: if the central message of Dr Who is a respect for life in all its forms, why isn’t he vegan?
Easter is being celebrated by Christians around the world. This year, Eastern and Western traditions come together on the liturgical calendar – and that won't happen again until 2034. George Busby talks us through a fascinating journey to holy places, piecing together the religious and scientific evidence linking archaeological artefacts to Jesus.
United Airlines found itself in the news for all the wrong reasons after a video showed a passenger being forcibly removed from a flight. It exposed the perils of social media for companies – especially when CEOs' apologies fail to convince. If only United had followed the basic principles of economics when booking its passengers.
And if you've been paying close attention, you can pit your wits in the weekly quiz.
Enjoy the weekend.
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Miriam Frankel
Science Editor
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Alec Charles, University of Hull
It's time for the BBC to be more adventurous, but will it have the confidence?
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Arts + Culture
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Emma Loosley, University of Exeter
Christian calendars usually differ when it comes to Easter celebrations – but not in 2017.
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Victoria Anderson, Cardiff University
To understand the full context of Rachel Dolezal's 'transracialism' it pays to look at the history of race and slavery.
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Robert Shail, Leeds Beckett University
They came from very different backgrounds, but both Olivia de Havilland and Kirk Douglas have both celebrated their 100th birthdays.
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Ed Braman, University of York
After Brexit, we can expect a tax-breaks bonanza for the UK film industry. This has big implications for Scotland and the EU.
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Science + Technology
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George Busby, University of Oxford
Here's what DNA analysis of relics purported to be from Jesus or his family can actually tell us.
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Richard Butler, University of Birmingham
Researchers pieced together evidence from fossils that had been sitting in museums for years.
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Michael Fitzpatrick, Coventry University
The next generation of reactors provide in-built safety systems and a way to reuse old fuel.
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Environment + Energy
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Kate Stewart, Nottingham Trent University; Matthew Cole, The Open University
If Doctor Who is supposed to respect members of other species, not all of his incarnations see eye to eye when it comes to dinner.
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Tom Baxter, University of Aberdeen
Shell's proposals to decommission its four Brent platforms are a test case for North Sea industry. But here's why decommissioning is not what it's cracked up to be.
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Vera Thoss, Bangor University
They're not just a pretty spring sight – behind the scenes, bluebells are ruthless competitors.
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Matthew Blackett, Coventry University
The clock is ticking.
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David Tyfield, Lancaster University
Beijing wants to build an 'ecological civilisation'.
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Peter Paul Catterall, University of Westminster
Those on the far right already worry about finite resources and protecting traditional culture, and they see the natural landscape as a big part of national identity.
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Health + Medicine
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Trevor Simper, Sheffield Hallam University
It's all about what you do after you indulge.
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Cherry Lewis, University of Bristol
The doctor had many interests – and was a champion of the poor.
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Nick Hodge, Sheffield Hallam University
Early intervention for children with autism just got earlier.
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Rebecca S. Dewey, University of Nottingham
Scientists are only just beginning to understand the full extend of noise-induced hearing loss.
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Jeff Bray, Bournemouth University; Heather Hartwell, Bournemouth University
Whatever we're told, getting a decent amount of fruit and veg into our diets is a struggle. Time then to focus on designing dishes that hit the sweetspot.
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Business + Economy
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Morgen Witzel, University of Exeter
But standards of service are so low across the US airline industry that United may well get away with it.
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Vili Lehdonvirta, University of Oxford
A universal basic income would enable people to embrace the gig economy and give them greater leverage in the jobs they choose.
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Dimo Dimov, University of Bath
Elements of the condition are well suited to getting on with business.
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Education
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Kim Ridealgh, University of East Anglia
The importance of speaking other languages in a post-Brexit world.
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Katherine Stapleton, University of Oxford
What happens to China's millions of university graduates.
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Politics + Society
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Kevork Oskanian, University of Birmingham
The future of the relationship between the US and Russia depends on whether the Kremlin can find a way to interpret Trump's motives.
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Karl McLaughlin, Manchester Metropolitan University
Diners deployed a giant conga dance as a pretext to head outside to their cars and flee the scene.
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Veronica Barnsley, University of Sheffield; Shirin Teifouri, University of Sheffield
In Sheffield, a city of new arrivals, creativity is helping newcomers adjust.
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Jack Holland, University of Leeds
The West's chosen solution to the Syrian conflict demands action that it's unwilling to take.
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Alexander Betts, University of Oxford
Uganda has won praise for the way it treats its refugees. But now it is at breaking point.
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Natalie Martin, Nottingham Trent University
Whatever the result of Turkey's long-awaited vote on presidential powers, things will get worse before they get better.
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