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Editor's note
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About 600 miles from the South Pole, near the peak of a mighty ice sheet, lies “Ridge A”, one of the least hospitable places imaginable. Though it is late summer in Antarctica, the temperature on the ridge remains below -50˚C, cold enough to freeze almost all of the moisture out of the atmosphere. But, as astronomer Jacco Van Loon explains, this is exactly what makes Ridge A the best place on Earth from which to stare into space.
Donald Trump last week accepted an invitation to meet with Kim Jong-un, a remarkable diplomatic lurch in one of the world’s most dangerous stand-offs. So what will the stakes be when they finally sit down together? Maria Ryan explains how Trump and Kim got here, what they have to do next, and whether we should expect their dialogue to succeed.
If you’ve been near a university lately, you might have noticed a picket line, with academics at many institutions striking over their pensions. As the strikes roll into their third week, we asked pensions expert Ania Zalewska to explain what’s going on.
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Will de Freitas
Environment + Energy Editor
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Top stories
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Jacco van Loon, Keele University
'Ridge A' sits at the peak of the Antarctic ice sheet and has exceptionally cold, dry, thin and dark skies.
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Maria Ryan, University of Nottingham
Thanks to South Korea, there is a chance for peace with North Korea. Whether the Trump administration can take it is another matter.
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Up in arms.
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Ania Zalewska, University of Bath
From the outside, it might look like another case of a pension black hole problem hitting another UK institution. Not so.
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Science + Technology
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Nicolas Geeraert, University of Essex
Psychological phenomena have long been thought of as universal. But it turns out scientists may have been blinded by their own culture.
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Politics + Society
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Remi Joseph-Salisbury, Leeds Beckett University
Student-led campaigns have been calling out racism in universities for years. After a shocking incident at Nottingham Trent University, perhaps we should start to listen.
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Patricia Francis, Nottingham Trent University
Women played and integral role in the year-long struggle – despite a culture that expected them to stay at home.
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Jeremy Robson, De Montfort University
The principle argument as to why women should remove the niqab in court seems compelling, but it is based on flawed assumptions.
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Lisa Lazard, The Open University; Abigail Locke, University of Bradford; Charlotte Dann, University of Northampton; Rose Capdevila, The Open University; Sandra Roper, University of Bedfordshire
How parents who post about their kids do so out of pride, but can spark family conflict too.
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Elliot Short, University of East Anglia
The revelation that a Bosnian company had broken the arms embargo on Iraq unified three armies which had been fighting each other a decade before.
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Education
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Michael Ward, Swansea University
Working-class high achievers often struggle to fit in to higher education and can end up isolated both at university and in their home environment.
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Health + Medicine
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Camilla Mørk Røstvik, University of St Andrews
Period product brands may appear all 'woke' and taboo busting, but we shouldn't forget they helped create the taboos in the first place.
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Arts + Culture
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Angela Phillips, Goldsmiths, University of London
There are a lot of misconceptions about how social media is changing society. Here are some of the most important.
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