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Editor's note
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The prices of many foods have been sent soaring by this year’s extreme weather. Most people assume it’s a simple case of supply and demand at the farm gate – scorch a few onion crops and the remainder get more expensive. Actually, argues Manoj Dora, supermarkets and food manufacturers play up rising farm prices to disguise their own underlying supply chain problems. If they addressed these issues, he claims, customers would no longer have to
bear the brunt at the checkout when the next heatwave or Beast from the East takes hold.
Misogyny could become a hate crime, but will that really curb the sexual harassment and violence faced by women on a daily basis? Probably not, if universities are anything to go by, say Carolyn Jackson and Vanita Sundaram: this kind of behaviour has become so routine that most people don’t even think to report it. Their recent research suggests that university staff are blind to a pervasive lad culture – and so it goes unchecked.
The Karate Kid is back, and so is his nemesis Johnny Lawrence, in the YouTube Originals series Cobra Kai. Set 30 years after their legendary face-off at the All Valley Under-18s Karate Championship, the show still manages to deliver a sugar rush of 80s nostalgia. But Craig Owen, Alex Channon and George Jennings look beyond the teenage rivalries and training montages, to find a series that sensitively explores some of the biggest social
issues of our troubled times.
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Steven Vass
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Top stories
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Know your onions.
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Manoj Dora, Brunel University London
It seems like a simple case of too much sun or snow wrecking crops. But is it?
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Carolyn Jackson, Lancaster University; Vanita Sundaram, University of York
Sexual harassment and violence are widespread in universities, and in everyday life. For that to change, the culture has to first.
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The Karate Kid is back – and so is his nemesis.
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Craig Owen, St Mary's University, Twickenham; Alex Channon, University of Brighton; George Jennings, Cardiff Metropolitan University
With nostalgic flashbacks, epic training montages and most of the original cast, Cobra Kai is faithful to the Karate Kid film – all while delivering cutting-edge contemporary social commentary.
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Politics + Society
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Nils Gustafsson, Lund University; Annika Fredén, Karlstads University; Emma A. Bäck, University of Gothenburg; Hanna Bäck, Lund University
Research suggests people with a high degree of rejection sensitivity are 40% less likely to take part in political debates online.
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Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London
The UK's plans for post-Brexit trade and investment in Africa are pint-sized by the standards of other major players.
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Sam Blaxland, Swansea University
The election of this relatively unobtrusive man has the potential to change the landscape of Welsh politics.
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Katy Budge, University of Sussex
Gibraltar's decision to terminate permission for the Aquarius to conduct operations in the Mediterranean is the latest example of national politics undermining rescue at sea.
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Victoria Brooks, University of Westminster
We need to know more about what is going on for women in sex – what makes them suffer and what gives them pleasure.
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Science + Technology
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Martin Parker, University of Bristol
Our 'Tony Stark' image of tech moguls is obscuring the talent and toil of ordinary workers, and inflating the egos of the bosses.
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Loes van Dam, University of Essex
Blind people don't have superhuman ears but their brains can rewire themselves to give them an edge over those who can see.
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Amanda Hughes, University of Bristol; Meena Kumari, University of Essex
Losing your parents or growing up in poverty can add years to your biological age.
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Health + Medicine
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Arnold J Wilkins, University of Essex
Encouraging people to buy LED bulbs is not a long-term solution. We need lighting which is kind to the planet and our health.
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Mark Eccleston-Turner, Keele University
In the event of pandemic flu, poor countries will suffer the most.
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Arts + Culture
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Christopher Murray, University of Dundee
To read a comic is to engage in play, problem solving and self discovery.
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Environment + Energy
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Alona Armstrong, Lancaster University
Scientists have modelled the effects of huge hypothetical energy projects in the desert.
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