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Editor's note
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What have you done to advance your career prospects today? I know it’s early but you’ve really got to lean in if you want to make it to the top. At least, that’s what we’re told these days. But, according to Melissa Yoong, the idea that you can have it all if you just push hard enough is a neoliberal myth that is holding all of us back. By fetishising personal responsibility, are we actually just denying the prejudices so many of us face in
our careers?
Much remains a mystery about life in North Korea, and the lives of women are no exception. Hyun-Joo Lim has interviewed North Korean defectors, and their stories shed new light on a brutal and patriarchal society.
If we consume more calories than we expend, then the difference is generally stored as body fat. A new study on the diets of mice has found that the high fat-low carb model – an enormously popular diet fad right now – may be counter productive. John Speakman explains.
You don’t even have to be connected to the internet to be at risk from hackers. Researchers have shown how even fax machines are vulnerable to attack. Keith Martin explains that this is just one of many surprising ways you can be hacked.
We don’t control the muscle of our heart – so what makes it keep beating? Adam Taylor responds to this thumping great question from Aarav, age nine. If you know a child who wants their questions answered by experts, read to the end of the article to find out how to make it happen.
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Laura Hood
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Melissa Yoong, University of Nottingham
Stop telling women they can have it all if they just work hard enough.
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Hyun-Joo Lim, Bournemouth University
Living as a woman in North Korea can be psychologically and physically gruelling.
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John Speakman, University of Aberdeen
If you want to remain lean, this study of mouse diets suggests your fat intake should make up just a fifth of your overall calorie intake.
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Keith Martin, Royal Holloway
Researchers used a fax machine that wasn't even connected to the internet to break into a computer network.
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Adam Taylor, Lancaster University
We don't control our heart – it's an involuntary muscle – but special pacemaker cells help keep it ticking away.
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Politics + Society
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Vasudha Chhotray, University of East Anglia
Shifting parameters for citizenship are at risk of excluding millions from Indian citizenship.
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Stuart Gietel-Basten, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
There are signs China could drop its two-child policy in an attempt to boost population growth.
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Emily Moorlock, Sheffield Hallam University
Consumerism is entering the playground and placing further pressure on already stretched parents.
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Lee John Curley, Edinburgh Napier University
It's not just race, gender and socioeconomic status that affect juror bias; sometimes it's the actual way people on juries assess evidence and make decisions.
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Arts + Culture
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Carmen Álvarez-Mayo, University of York
Why do some words sound pleasant to us, while others provoke disgust? Learning a new language can help us find out.
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Eran Elhaik, University of Sheffield
DNA evidence tracks the ancient history of the Jewish people.
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Business + Economy
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Argyro Avgoustaki, ESCP Europe ; Hans TW Frankort, City, University of London
Increased work effort not only predicts poor well-being, it may be bad for your career.
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Emma Sara Hughes, University of Liverpool; Tony Dundon, University of Manchester
The UK desperately needs a more robust system to lift standards in low paid sectors and protect workers.
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Education
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Nicola Pitchford, University of Nottingham; Laura Outhwaite, University of Nottingham
A brief guide for teachers and parents on tech in the classroom.
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Dusana Dorjee, University of York
Focusing on two determinants of mental health can help pupils prevent issues arising.
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Science + Technology
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Chip Colwell, University of Colorado Denver
It's a comforting falsehood that once an artifact joins a museum's collection, it's safe for eternity. Museums face many foes in the fight to preserve – a lack of funds might be the biggest.
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Marios Biskas, University of Southampton
Being nostalgic about the past is linked to optimism about the future.
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Health + Medicine
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Janet Bultitude, University of Bath
In one sense, the brain feels no pain. In another sense, it feels all the pain.
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