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Editor's note
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We all know that running makes us fitter and healthier – but what about your muscles and tendons? Can they adapt to make the very act of running more efficient, too? According to new research, the answer is yes, says Jasper Verheul – but these extraordinary, gradual changes only happen when you really put in the distance.
Around 600 pilot whales recently became stranded on a New Zealand beach, around 400 of which died before volunteers could refloat them back into the sea. Peter Evans investigates why such mass strandings occur – and whether humans are playing a part in the tragedy.
We also bring you two stories from our overseas colleagues. Katie M. Logan of Virginia Commonwealth University reveals why America needs Muslim Marvel superhero Kamala Khan more than ever, while Macquarie University's Wendy Rogers argues that the evidence belies Chinese claims that they have stopped harvesting organs from prisoners.
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Matt Warren
Executive Editor
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High-mileage running training leads to more spring-like behaviour in the legs.
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Jasper Verheul, Liverpool John Moores University; Adam Clansey, Nottingham Trent University; Mark Lake, Liverpool John Moores University
A new study highlights beneficial physical adaptations.
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Arts + Culture
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Katie M. Logan, Virginia Commonwealth University
The Marvel superhero directly confronts a 'war on terror culture' that regards Muslim-Americans as threats.
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Helen Warner, University of East Anglia
Glossy magazines have a serious role to play.
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Politics + Society
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Richard Common, University of York
Government departments have been squeezed particularly hard over the past few years. Now they need to find thousands of people who can work out how to leave the EU.
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Tom Smith, University of Portsmouth
Long regarded as something approaching a saint, Myanmar's de facto head of state appears to be running out of moral capital.
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Mark Button, University of Portsmouth
New research suggests the road to bribery is more of a steep cliff than a slippery slope.
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David Scott, The Open University
A BBC report has revealed the extent of drug use in UK prisons. It will be difficult to tackle the problem without a radical review of sentencing practices.
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Business + Economy
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Martin Parker, University of Leicester
All the politicians and journalists claim to care about Stoke, but none of them live here.
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Health + Medicine
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Wendy Rogers, Macquarie University
The international community should demand a full accounting of the real sources of organs in China before believing any more claims about reform.
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Zaki Hassan-Smith, University of Birmingham
New research has linked vitamin D to increased leg strength including power, velocity and jump height.
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Science + Technology
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Josh Davies, Cardiff University
Once the subject of fantastical stories, nanoscience is now changing the world as we know it.
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Matthew Leming, University of Cambridge
So many good ideas fail to make it out of the research lab because of a lack of funding.
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Anna Maria Nowakowska, University of Aberdeen; Alasdair Clarke, University of Essex; Amelia Hunt, University of Aberdeen
It turns out that most of us waste a lot of time looking for lost objects in the wrong places.
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Education
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Helen Nichols, Leeds Beckett University
University students are learning with prisoners about crime and punishment.
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