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Editor's note
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Gillette is facing a furious backlash over its new razor advert, which challenges toxic definitions of manliness. Tellingly, the ad has had more than 796,000 dislikes on YouTube compared to just 387,000 likes. But Nicola Bishop defends the way it tackles bullying, sexual harassment and sexism, by promoting courage, humility, responsibility and kindness.
There are over 100 wild species of coffee but most of us only drink two of them – the rich Arabica and the more mundane Robusta, a staple of instant blends. With climate change and disease threatening 60% of coffee species with extinction, Adam Moolna argues that the genetic diversity of the world’s favourite caffeine source will need to be protected to ensure resilient crops in the future.
As the cost of housing continues to rise, it’s become commonplace for people to live with their parents well into their 20s. New research delves into the prickly problems faced by both generations when sharing the family home. From quibbles over personal spending, to negotiating the rent, Donald Hirsch explores how families are learning to live together for longer.
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Annabel Bligh
Business + Economy Editor
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Top stories
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Nicola Bishop, Manchester Metropolitan University
The backlash against the Gillette ad shows how painfully little distance we as a society have covered since the #MeToo movement.
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Adam Moolna, Keele University
There are over 100 species of wild coffee, but only a few supply the world's morning caffeine kick. Sadly, climate change and disease could be about to change that.
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It’s not all smiles and cups of tea.
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Donald Hirsch, Loughborough University
Young people can make big savings living with their parents, but it throws up some thorny issues.
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Health + Medicine
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Janice Atkins, University of Exeter; David Melzer, University of Exeter; Luke Pilling, University of Exeter
Haemochromatosis is more severe than previously thought and is often diagnosed too late. But the treatment is simple.
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Rhi Willmot, Bangor University
Working out can make you a better worker, too.
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Paul Gorczynski, University of Portsmouth
Retiring from a career in elite sports can be stressful in a number of ways, something the former tennis world number one understands very well.
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Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford; Shanti Vijayaraghavan, Queen Mary University of London
The NHS has promised that by 2024, up to a third of hospital outpatient consultations will be undertaken by video link. This is unlikely to be realised quite so quickly.
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Environment + Energy
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Ansgar Wohlschlegel, University of Portsmouth
We asked an economist what to make of Luxembourg's plan for free trains and buses.
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Jan Hoole, Keele University
Sloths love Cecropia trees. But a new study shows they may sometimes desert their favourite for other species.
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Arts + Culture
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Jenna Ng, University of York
With the latest series of Black Mirror, Netflix is driving television to new levels of interactivity.
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Janice Aitken, University of Dundee
Unsolicited artwork by the world famous artist can cause big problems for private building owners.
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Science + Technology
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David A. Ellis, Lancaster University; Brittany I. Davidson, University of Bath
There's a lack of scientific evidence supporting claims that digital detoxes actually have any benefit to us.
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George Farmer, University of Manchester; Paul Warren, University of Manchester
Decades of psychological research suggests humans are rather irrational. But a new approach, borrowing an idea from artificial intelligence, challenges this notion.
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Education
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Rebecca Love, University of Cambridge; Esther van Sluijs, University of Cambridge; Jean Adams, University of Cambridge
There has been a tenfold increase in the worldwide prevalence of childhood obesity over the past four decades.
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Politics + Society
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Hans Petter Graver, University of Oslo
Norway is deeply divided over the question of its relationship with the EU.
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