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Editor's note
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It’s been revealed that Cambridge Analytica allegedly harvested 50m Facebook profiles in an effort to influence Trump’s presidential election. Facebook’s shares tumbled as regulators waded in and users threatened to abandon the social network. But Annabel Latham warns that academics may have something to fret about – if Facebook makes it harder for scholars to carry out legitimate research with its data.
The recent chemical attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal has got everyone talking about one word: Novichok. The nerve agent used in the attack is a deadly weapon – so how did it get onto the streets of the English city of Salisbury? In our latest long-read article, Alastair Hay tells the sinister story behind it. Alternatively, you can listen to our audio version of the article here.
Angry outbursts are part of human nature – brief moments of seeing red which are often followed by long periods of remorse and regret. Alexander Sumich takes us through the science of aggressive behaviour, and points to some of the steps we can take to keep things under control – from meditation to eating more fish.
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Kelly Fiveash
Commissioning Editor
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Top stories
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Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix.
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Annabel Latham, Manchester Metropolitan University
The privacy backlash over Cambridge Analytica and Facebook may lead to explosive consequences for academics.
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Police teams bag up swabs from railings outside The Maltings shopping centre, where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found critically ill.
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Alastair Hay, University of Leeds
A long read on how nerve agents were developed – and used in an attack on a former Russian spy on the streets of Salisbury.
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Alexander Sumich, Nottingham Trent University
Jamie Carragher blamed a moment of madness for spitting at car passengers. But where do these moments come from?
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Business + Economy
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Karen Rowlingson, University of Birmingham
People on the lowest incomes pay the most to borrow money, even when it's for essentials.
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Anwar Halari, The Open University
The evolution of cryptocurrency and how it is replacing modern cash.
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Politics + Society
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Donald Hirsch, Loughborough University
An evidence-based measure of minimum income has been widely adopted – and could now change the rules around legal aid.
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Mark Thomas, Nottingham Trent University
The powers exist but must be used with caution, explains a legal expert. They don't form a vigilante's charter.
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Sten Rynning, University of Southern Denmark
Coalition forces are careful about how they report civilian deaths. And we think war is painless, as a result.
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Andrew Glencross, Aston University
The UK will continue to abide by several important EU rules during a 21-month Brexit transition period.
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Abby Day, Goldsmiths, University of London
Putin and Trump both invoke a kind of religion that emphasises a past golden age, rather than shared practices of church attendance and piety.
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Science + Technology
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Jon Walbrin, Bangor University
Researchers have identified which part of the brain helps us understand and respond to social interactions.
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Nathalia Gjersoe, University of Bath
Children are able to pick up negative racial stereotypes by the age of six. Luckily, parents can help reverse them.
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Raja Jurdak, CSIRO; Salil S. Kanhere, UNSW
Sensors that monitor everything a self-driving vehicle does can help determine who is responsible in the case of an accident – the manufacturer, the service centre or the vehicle owner.
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Alastair Hay, University of Leeds
An audio version of an in depth article on the story of how the nerve agent used in an attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skrip was developed.
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Health + Medicine
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Ewa M Roos, University of Southern Denmark
Middle-aged and elderly people taking up exercise shouldn't be put off by joint pain. It will pass.
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Education
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Roisin Corcoran, University College Dublin
Teaching children how to recognise and handle their emotions will help them at school, and in later life too.
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Arts + Culture
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Andreas Johansson, Lund University
Swedish researcher Andreas Johansson interviewed 30 members of a Japanese Yakuza clan in 2015.
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