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Editor's note
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Chinese Premier Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump get down to business today at the president’s Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago. From North Korea to trade and human rights, the leaders have a number of thorny issues to discuss. Despite the huge amount that’s at stake, Kerry Brown writes that
it’s personality that matters most. Xi Jinping might not play golf, but he’s got the charisma to win over his US
counterpart.
Octopuses are the most intelligent invertebrates. One reason for this might be because they can ignore the instructions from their DNA and alter the way their cells function in order to rapidly adapt to the environment. However, new research suggests this mechanism may also be slowing down the octopus’s long-term evolution.
The sound of leather on willow will reverberate around English county cricket grounds today as the county championship gets underway. But plans for a city-based Twenty20 tournament in 2020 are upsetting those who treasure the quintessentially English nature of the game, say Thomas Fletcher and Dominic Malcolm.
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Annabel Bligh
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More in common than you might think.
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Kerry Brown, King's College London
Why we can expect Xi Jinping and Donald Trump's meeting at Mar-a-Lago to be a success.
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Business + Economy
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Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
Nothing less than the fate of the global economy lies in the balance as the two strong-willed leaders sit down for their first one-on-one meeting.
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Teresa Belton, University of East Anglia
Why do people choose to drop the spending and devote their time to another way of living?
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Science + Technology
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Luke Dunning, University of Sheffield
A new study shows cephalopods edit messages from their DNA, allowing them to adapt faster to their environment.
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Jordi Paps, University of Essex
The latest research dismisses the idea that viruses form a fourth type of life.
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James Cole, University of Brighton
A new study estimates the nutritional value of human flesh and challenges the belief that prehistoric humans engaged in cannibalism just to fill their stomachs.
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Rob Toulson, University of Westminster
The mixing desk used to make Dark Side of the Moon fetched a huge sum at auction recently. Its productive life is far from over.
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Kate Chatfield, University of Central Lancashire
Ethical codes on animal experimentation lay down strict rules about the treatment of lab animals. Animals headed to the slaughter house are not so lucky.
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Arts + Culture
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Thomas Fletcher, Leeds Beckett University; Dominic Malcolm, Loughborough University
Is the 20-over format a friend or foe for English cricket?
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Politics + Society
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Hak-yin Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong
The US-China summit is not just a bilateral matter. Countries around the word are closely watching the interaction between a retreating great power and an emerging one.
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Mark Youngman, University of Birmingham; Cerwyn Moore, University of Birmingham
From the Islamic State to North Caucasian rebels and far-right nationalists, Russia is facing overlapping extremist threats.
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Andrew Hines, Queen Mary University of London
Politicians like Marine Le Pen are seeking to change the meaning of the very words we use for political gain.
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Heaven Crawley, Coventry University
Employing Syrian refugees is not the same as protecting them.
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Education
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Helen Ingle, Leeds Beckett University; Susan Coan, Leeds Beckett University
It's not all child's play.
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Health + Medicine
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Adam Taylor, Lancaster University
It certainly didn't stop him picking up his third Europe's strongest man title this month.
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Jeff Bray, Bournemouth University; Heather Hartwell, Bournemouth University
Serving hot, fresh, nutritious food in hospitals should be considered part of the clinical care.
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