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Editor's note
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Reham is desperate for a new life. She’s nine-years-old, a Syrian refugee stuck in limbo with her family in Lebanon. Her father hasn’t got enough money to send his children to school, and he’s unable to secure a way out of the country. Heaven Crawley, who has been talking to the family, tells of how hard life is for them, and why their options are so limited.
An increase in bioluminescent activity around the Britain’s coastlines is a result of the recent hot weather. But the blue-green sea sparkle is more than just a pretty sight. It has important uses in nature, and has the potential to change human life too. Catrin Williams explains the power of this living light.
For many facing the daily grind of working life, it may seem tempting with today’s technology to become a digital nomad, trading in that commuter train for a life with fewer ties. But as Dave Cook explains, this lifestyle is not always a beach. And Luke Elson makes a moral philosopher’s argument for why carbon offsetting when flying might be a good idea.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is offered as a standard treatment for schizophrenia – but official guidance on its benefit hasn’t been updated since 2008. Studies since then have questioned the efficacy of therapy for treating the illness. Keith Laws argues for CBT to be struck off the prescribing list.
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Gemma Ware
Society Editor
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Top stories
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Reham (aged nine) and her sister Fatima (age seven) have lived most of their lives as refugees in Lebanon.
Abdul Aziz al-Khalaf
Heaven Crawley, Coventry University
Reham and her family are among an estimated 1.5m Syrian refugees living in limbo in Lebanon.
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Catrin F. Williams, Cardiff University
Harnessing the awe-inspiring living light and power of bioluminescent organisms could change the human world.
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She makes it look so easy.
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Dave Cook, UCL
Go beyond the corporate jargon to really understand the freedom and challenges that come with being a digital nomad.
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Luke Elson, University of Reading
Carbon offsets are a perfectly legitimate way to fight climate change (if they work).
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Keith Laws, University of Hertfordshire
Cognitive behavioural therapy has become a go to for clinicians treating symptoms of schizophrenia. Recent studies suggest that this is a mistake.
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Politics + Society
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Emma Taylor-Collins, University of Birmingham
Elin Ersson was accused of frightening children – but it's more likely that she inspired them.
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Joshua Habgood-Coote, University of Bristol
‘Fake news’ is a meaningless term that is used for anti-democratic propaganda. We should all stop using it.
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Rebecca Kay, University of Glasgow
Like many other parts of the UK, Scotland faces problems in attracting a migrant workforce that is crucial to the country's future prosperity.
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Emma Heywood, University of Sheffield
A new research project is helping Nigerien women access valuable, accurate information from which they are too often cut off.
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Herjeet Marway, University of Birmingham
A philosopher's take on the ethics of products that allow parents to lighten the skin colour of their unborn baby.
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Rosie Hodsdon, Northumbria University, Newcastle
The opinions of current sex workers must be sought before any changes are made to the law governing the websites they use.
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Health + Medicine
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Kamran Siddiqi, University of York
A new study warns that while active smoking is rare among pregnant women in developing countries, their exposure to secondhand smoke is a major public health crisis.
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Stephen Atkins, University of Salford; Howard Hurst, University of Central Lancashire
More needs to be done to manage concussions in road cycling.
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Business + Economy
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Ioannis Glinavos, University of Westminster
The fires tearing through the Athens region are not an act of God, but a direct result of corruption and systematic disregard for the law.
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Environment + Energy
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Ottoline Leyser, University of Cambridge
Genetic modification rules now cover gene edited crops but exclude plants bred traditionally with the same properties.
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Arts + Culture
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Márta Minier, University of South Wales
Brontëk is a rare work that encourages Brontë fans not to take the sisters too seriously.
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