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Editor's note
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For many parents the joy of a new arrival is quickly accompanied by sleepless nights, concern over colic, and that moment when, sometimes with an air of desperation, advice is sought from a baby book. There are libraries full of wise words on everything from play to diet to discipline. But which to choose? Here are five science-based baby books.
Football fans – imagine if your beloved club changed its name and moved miles away. That’s what happened in 2004 to supporters in Wimbledon, south-east London. Their club changed its name to MK Dons and upped sticks to Milton Keynes, 60 miles away. So they formed their own club, AFC Wimbledon, and – much to their delight – for the first time this weekend they’ll be playing in a higher league than their rivals. But perhaps this saga tells us something about the very nature of English football.
This week we also published articles about how to overcome anxiety, home ownership in Cuba and how austerity may have tipped the Brexit vote, boosting Leave support. Meanwhile, our colleagues in southern Africa brought detailed coverage of the turbulent election in Zimbabwe, and its deadly aftermath.
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Jonathan Este
Associate Editor
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(After) bed-time reading.
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Sarah Kuppen, Anglia Ruskin University
An author picks her best reads for a scientific approach to raising children.
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wimbledon.
John Williams, University of Leicester
There is still a place for place in a sport that remains connected to communities.
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Be still my beating heart…
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Olivia Remes, University of Cambridge
Research offers some scientific ways to overcome anxiety.
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Should I stay or should I go?
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Thiemo Fetzer, University of Warwick
The Conservative party is so divided over Brexit that it may never recover. How ironic that it was the policies of the Cameron government that brought it about.
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Isobel Anderson, University of Stirling; Regina Serpa, University of Stirling
Cuba is freeing up the market in residential private property but with a public referendum still to come, what impact will such measures have for ordinary Cubans.
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A protest against polling results in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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Cheryl Hendricks, Human Sciences Research Council
If the MDC-Alliance claims Zanu-PF and Zimbabwe's electoral commission rigged the elections, the onus is on them to prove it.
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Sharon George, Keele University
Every day we throw away plastic and every day we're reminded of its environmental impact. Why can't something be done about it?
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Gavan Cooke, Anglia Ruskin University
Elusive and mysterious by nature, ordinary people are revealing the secrets of the UK's octopuses.
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Geoffrey M Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire
The state plays a strategic role, but they are also driven by financial markets – not central plans.
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Hilary Marland, University of Warwick; Catherine Cox, University College Dublin
Mad, bad or dangerous – the gripping true crime story of Grace Marks, who caused a sensation in the 19th century and still holds fascination today.
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Paul Joseph, Swansea University
Patients may be at risk while chaperones fail to act impartially.
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