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Editor's note
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Whether it’s cropped or flowing, your hair reveals a lot about you – and not just in terms of style. Toxicologists can use it to tell if you’ve been taking drugs or alcohol, so these days, evidence plucked straight from a defendant’s head can get them in a legal tangle in court. We take a look at the latest advances in this science.
Anthropologist Emma Tarlo also spends a lot of time peering at human heads, but for quite different reasons. She has curated an exhibition reflecting on our complex relationship with our barnets. It features a dress and a cake made from human hair, among other curiosities.
As we head into the first weekend of the World Cup, we’ve got a surprising story about how Sunderland FC played a part in making the Spanish side what they are today and news about the five teams all hoping to become the first African nation to make it to the semi-finals.
Today is Bloomsday, when the author James Joyce and his protagonists are celebrated. But how about also spending some time today pondering the life of Joyce’s daughter Lucia? She was a fascinating character who led a troubled life and influenced her father’s work immensely. And thanks to her family’s tendency to bar people from researching her, she is also still something of a mystery.
Have a great weekend!
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Laura Hood
Politics Editor, Assistant Editor
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Richard Paul, Bournemouth University
Your hair can reveal how much you drink, whether you smoke or take drugs, and perhaps even how stressed you are.
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Arts + Culture
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Emma Tarlo, Goldsmiths, University of London
In Asia, human hair is sold and recycled into products, but in the West it is treated with either disgust or veneration. A new exhibition explores our bizarre attitudes to hair.
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The Stuart Gilbert Collection, Harry Ransom Center, Univ Texas, Austin
Helen Saunders, King's College London
Little is known, but much is speculated, about James Joyce's daughter and muse, Lucia.
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Olu Jenzen, University of Brighton
Activism increasingly relies on strong visuals that can be shared online, and – somewhat surprisingly in a digital world – physical billboards still play an important role.
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Michael von Massow, University of Guelph; Alfons Weersink, University of Guelph; Bruce Gregory McAdams, University of Guelph
Restaurants are playing an increasingly influential role in how we live. We not only patronize them more often, they also influence our choices at the grocery store.
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World Cup 2018
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David Hewitt, University of Leeds
Losing to Sunderland in 1934 forced Spanish writers and commentators to look beyond football for answers.
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Ina Toegel, IMD Business School; Maude Lavanchy, IMD Business School
The true bane of an organisation is a lack of engagement and job satisfaction among its employees. World Cup mania could actually help.
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Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah at a training session in Cairo.
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Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, University of Texas at Tyler
Africa has always promised a great deal in the international showcase but delivered very little at the football world cup.
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Science + Technology
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Georgia French, University of Sussex
New research shows just how different male and female sharks can be.
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Health + Medicine
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Ian Hamilton, University of York; Mark Monaghan, Loughborough University
Cannabis users seeking treatment in the UK is rising, especially among women and older smokers. But treatment services are sorely lacking.
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Vincent Ho, Western Sydney University
Yes, bacteria can accumulate on tea towels. But most of the bacteria the researchers found are not responsible for food poisoning or other gastrointestinal symptoms.
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Business + Economy
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Sara Louise Wheeler, Bangor University
What's in a name? A valued sense of history and identity.
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Politics + Society
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James Procter, Newcastle University
When the Empire Windrush arrived in Tilbury Docks 70 years ago, it was on a return journey – having taken West Indian war veterans back to the Caribbean.
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Ana Cecilia Dinerstein, University of Bath; Lucía Cirmi Obón, National University of Quilmes
In a historic move, the national parliament has legalised procedures up to 14 weeks.
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Laura Hood, The Conversation; Annabel Bligh, The Conversation; Gemma Ware, The Conversation
A podcast on twins, including why stereotypes about their relationship are so damaging, and why they are so useful to scientists.
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