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Editor's note
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Fake news might seem like a modern phenomenon but it's been used as a useful propaganda tool throughout history. James Rodgers, however, has identified three factors that make the current era of disinformation particularly potent. The world has dealt with it before, though, and it will again, he says. Meanwhile, as Dominic Smith writes, it's hard to tell if Donald Trump is lying or not when his statements are so incoherent.
The recently deceased funk drummer Clyde Stubblefield created arguably the most sampled drum track in the history of popular music. Adrian York examines why he rarely got the credit, or the payment, he deserved.
Rough, tough and ready to rumble, the women behind roller derby's revival aren't pulling any punches. And, as Adele Pavlidis and Simone Fullagar explain, they are aggressively breaking down gender stereotypes in sport.
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Jonathan Este
Associate Editor
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Top story
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‘Believe me’ is one of Donald Trump’s most often-used catchphrases.
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James Rodgers, City, University of London
When new technology coincides with political instability and conflict, disinformation thrives.
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Arts + Culture
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Adrian York, University of Westminster
The recently deceased funk drummer Clyde Stubblefield created arguably the most sampled drum track in the history of popular music – but he rarely got the credit, or the payment, he deserved.
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Adele Pavlidis, Griffith University; Simone Fullagar, University of Bath
This rough and tumble sport has smashed through gender stereotypes – can it now be a force for social change?
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Sam Halliday, Queen Mary University of London
The way writers drew on electricity to weave their stories tells us much about the history of electricity itself.
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Politics + Society
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Anne Wesemann, The Open University
The Lords' amendment to the Brexit bill doesn't allay EU citizens' fear for their future.
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Peter Hopkins, Newcastle University; Gurchathen Sanghera, University of St Andrews; Katherine Botterill, Edinburgh Napier University ; Rowena Arshad, University of Edinburgh
The lives of young non-Muslims are being shaped by Islamophobia in public and private spaces.
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Dominic Smith, University of Dundee
You can't check if a statement is accurate if it's too incoherent to understand.
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Ricardo Reboredo, Trinity College Dublin
The continent needs investment – and China has long been providing it.
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Virginie Grzelczyk, Aston University
A precise, lethal chemical weapon hit in a foreign capital is a reminder that North Korea knows what it's doing.
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Stijn van Kessel, Loughborough University
A large number of parties are in the running, which could make forming a coalition a complicated task.
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Panos Kapotas, University of Portsmouth
A Norwegian appeal court has ruled that the mass murderer's human rights are not being violated by the conditions of his imprisonment.
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Health + Medicine
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Niall McCrae, King's College London
Social media use is weakly associated with depressed mood in the young, but it's not clear which way cause and effect runs.
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Emma Frew, University of Birmingham; Bruce Hollingsworth, Lancaster University
'Healthy child' vouchers and increased taxation could help tackle the childhood obesity problem.
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