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Editor's note
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A new immigration bill approved by French MPs earlier this week was presented as a centrist compromise by Emmanuel Macron’s ruling party. But Itay Lotem says it’s nothing of the sort. And debates about the bill show the flaw on focusing on numbers and quotas at the expense of people’s lives.
Milk might seem wholesome, but it has a sinister side. The last year has seen a spike in alt-right trolls using this dairy drink as a symbol for white supremacy. More recently, as Iselin Gambert and Tobias Linné explain, soy milk has joined the show too – apparently representing weakness, emasculation, and all things politically correct. So should we take milk seriously? Or can’t we take a joke?
Public health campaigns seem to have done little to raise people’s awareness of the lifestyle factors associated with cancer. According to Samuel Smith and Lion Shahab’s new study, around 40% of people still don’t know that being overweight increases their risk of cancer. And 50% of the public incorrectly believe that stress is a risk factor.
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Gemma Ware
Society Editor
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Top stories
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Macron visits a migrant centre in Croisilles, northern France, in January.
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Itay Lotem, University of Westminster
France’s new immigration bill exposes the flaw in fixating on numbers rather than people's lives.
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Iselin Gambert, Lund University; Tobias Linné, Lund University
From #SoyBoy to #MilkTwitter, there's a sinister side to milk.
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Samuel Smith, University of Leeds; Lion Shahab, UCL
Paradoxically, people who know the real causes of cancer are also the most likely to believe in mythical causes of it.
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Science + Technology
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Innes McCartney, Bournemouth University
Raising U-3523 wouldn't be worth the incredible cost.
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Matthew Robert Bennett, Bournemouth University; Katie Thompson, Bournemouth University; Sally Christine Reynolds, Bournemouth University
How we discovered ancient footprints of early human hunters and their megafauna prey.
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Robert Young, Lancaster University
Experiment produces thousands of entangled atoms, raising hopes that we can soon create real quantum computers.
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Sean Loughney, Liverpool John Moores University; Jin Wang, Liverpool John Moores University
Developments in technology mean that we can use automation to reduce accidents on oil rigs.
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Richard Rudin, Liverpool John Moores University
Video may not kill the radio star, but podcasting and the lack of a single digital standard might.
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Environment + Energy
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Alastair Marsh, University of Bath; Venkatarama Reddy, Indian Institute of Science
The world needs more affordable housing with a lower environmental impact. The stabilised supermud brick could be the answer.
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Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins, Aberystwyth University
New director-general Helen McGrady is looking to cities for a 'radical' future at the National Trust.
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Arts + Culture
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Alexander von Lünen, University of Huddersfield
The controversial German film-maker was celebrated for her groundbreaking work, but the fact remains she was a prominent Nazi propagandist.
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Sylvia Solakidi, University of Surrey
The film of Cave's first tour since the death of his son is powerful and evocative.
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Business + Economy
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Karen Jackson, University of Westminster; Oleksandr Shepotylo, University of Bradford
A deal with Europe would offer freedom, but some key sectors wouldn't be included.
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Alexander Tziamalis, Sheffield Hallam University
Apartments are cheaper to heat, have better views and use land more efficiently.
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Cities
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Tiziana Susca, Edinburgh Napier University; Francesco Pomponi, Edinburgh Napier University
How to move beyond the warm words about tackling urban heat islands to doing something about them.
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Politics + Society
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Erica Consterdine, University of Sussex
In a bid to meet unrealistic migration targets, the government has been enforcing document checks at every turn.
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Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Coventry University
Britain's press reulgator ruled that The Times distorted its coverage of a case about a Christian girl placed with Muslim foster carers.
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Andreas Johansson, Lund University
Fed by colonialism, civil war and online hate speech, Buddhist extremism in Sri Lanka has been on the march for decades.
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Raphael Schlembach, University of Brighton
The women who called for an inquiry into the actions of undercover police have since walked out of proceedings they see as unjust.
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Linda Dubrow-Marshall, University of Salford; Rod Dubrow-Marshall, University of Salford
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