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Editor's note
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The Bank of England will announce today if it’s going to raise interest rates. The Bank’s chief economist recently said trends in the emotions expressed by the music and lyrics of the most popular songs, as revealed by the data of online streaming services such as Spotify, could be used to measure economic sentiment. Kim Kaivanto and Peng Xhang explain. Christopher Boyce, meanwhile, outlines the disturbing finding of his new research, which shows a clear correlation between historic interest rate rises and worsening mental health issues for people who are heavily indebted.
It’s 50 years since the student and worker uprisings of May 1968 in France. And five decades on, in response to president Emmanuel Macron’s higher education reforms, there is again trouble on campus.
The Dundead horror film festival is getting underway in Dundee, one of countless gore spectaculars to have sprung up in recent years. You might think there’d be less demand as movies such as Get Out and Stephen King’s It take horror to the mass market, but Brian Hoyle argues that such festivals are the only place to find the beating heart of this misunderstood genre.
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Stephen Harris
Commissioning + Science Editor
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Top stories
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Kim Kaivanto, Lancaster University; Peng Zhang, Guizhou Minzu University
The emotions associated with trends in popular music and lyrics can predict economic sentiment.
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Christopher Boyce, University of Stirling
New research shows there is a direct relationship between central bank interest rate decisions and mental health.
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Elizabeth Benjamin, Coventry University
The 50th anniversary of major student unrest was perhaps not the ideal moment to propose controversial higher education reforms.
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Brian Hoyle, University of Dundee
From Dundee to Dublin, horror spectaculars are springing up like zombies from the dead.
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Politics + Society
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Steven Hurst, Manchester Metropolitan University
Ever since the shocking spectacle of the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis, American conservatives have reserved a special disdain for the Islamic Republic.
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Francesco Fasani, Queen Mary University of London
New research confirms a 'refugee gap' in employment levels, which is exacerbated if refugees are dispersed around a country.
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Catriona Jones, University of Hull; Julie Jomeen, University of Hull; Mark Hayter, University of Hull
Asexuality is less about a traditional understanding of sexual attraction and behaviour, and more about being able to discuss likes and dislikes in the early stages of a relationship.
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Angela Meadows, University of Birmingham
The hostile environment that marginalised people find themselves in serves as a source of constant stress.
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Health + Medicine
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Adam Winstock, UCL; Emma Louise Davies, Oxford Brookes University
The truth about harms on alcohol labels may not be good for the alcohol industry, but it could be good your health.
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Stephen John, University of Cambridge
Unfortunately, there is no net benefit-ometer for breast cancer screening.
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Gil Greengross, Aberystwyth University
Comedy performers suffer more health problems, a new study has found.
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Natalia Lewis, University of Bristol
There are no guidelines for healthcare professionals.
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Environment + Energy
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Samantha Richardson, University of Hull; Mark Lorch, University of Hull
How to cut down on toxic chemicals found in common household products.
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Clara Mackenzie, University of Stirling; Joanne Porter, Heriot-Watt University
The wrecks of the German WWI fleet are home to an abundance of biodiverse marine life, now under threat from climate change.
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Arts + Culture
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Jamie Halliwell, Manchester Metropolitan University
Eurovision Song Contest fandom on social media is giving LGBT issues a global platform.
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Science + Technology
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Ruth Gregory, Durham University
We may not live in an infinite 'multiverse' of parallel universes after all.
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