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Editor's note
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Many British pop and rock stars sing with American accents. Rob Drummond asks why but says UK grime artists are bucking the trend – and taking pride in their regional British accents.
Brain scans are increasingly able to reveal what we think and feel and are showing great promise as lie detectors. But Julia Gottwald and Barbara Sahakian discuss whether the technology will one day allow "Big Brother" to monitor our every thought.
The next time you’re in the garden and hear a buzzing sound, it might not be bees flying around your flowers but miniature drones, built as artificial pollinators. Insect expert Elizabeth Franklin gives her view on how these robotic bees stack up and why they’ll need some serious artificial intelligence to be effective.
And despite the pages and pages of amendments to Article 50, MPs voted through the bill allowing the government to trigger Article 50 without inclusion of a single one. It shows Brexit is about politics, not Britain’s future, says Helen Parr.
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Top story
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Grime artist Bugzy Malone.
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Rob Drummond, Manchester Metropolitan University; Erin Carrie, Manchester Metropolitan University
When British singers step up to the microphone many adopt an American accent. Grime is the exception.
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Science + Technology
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Julia Gottwald, University of Cambridge; Barbara Sahakian, University of Cambridge
fMRI brain scans are coming frighteningly close to opening a window into our thoughts.
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Elizabeth Franklin, Bournemouth University
Collecting pollen takes a surprising amount of teamwork.
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Keith Morris, Cardiff Metropolitan University
The world has lost a fantastic statistician at a time when the communication of facts is crucial.
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Politics + Society
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Helen Parr, Keele University
Despite pages and pages of proposed amendments, not a single one was passed.
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Liam Mcloughlin, University of Salford
The past year has seen more parliamentarians take the 'Chiltern Hundreds' than at any time since the 1970s.
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Malcolm M Craig, Liverpool John Moores University
A useful avatar for threats both real and perceived, the notion of a pan-Islamic nuclear weapon has little to do with reality.
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Derek Bolton, University of Bath
The country plays by different rules.
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Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London
The end of Yahya Jammeh should be celebrated, but his democratic neighbours had the strongest of hands to play.
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Michael Ward, Swansea University
Men are struggling to cope with the pressures of modern life – but they alone cannot solve the problem.
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Business + Economy
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Richard Murphy, City, University of London
Financially illogical and fuelled by irrational dogma, the creation of a new tranche of private sector debt is a missed opportunity.
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Anna Kristina Hultgren, The Open University
There are a range of linguistic strategies to build rapport with customers, but using their name is always the fall-back – with detrimental results.
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Health + Medicine
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Deborah Ogbeni, University of Hertfordshire; Louise Mackenzie, University of Hertfordshire
It's early days, but hope is on the horizon when it comes to one of the deadliest cancers.
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Pia Riggirozzi, University of Southampton
Zika is not gender neutral: women’s rights are at stake.
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Education
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Susan Jones, University of Nottingham
Pencil by default: the digital skills demanded by the welfare system may baffle Daniel Blake, but he is resourceful, creative and willing to work.
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