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Editor's note
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Venus may be the planet of love, but astronomers have worked out it is actually a brutal place with infernal temperatures and crushing pressures. There is one bit of Venus, however, that isn’t quite so hellish: the upper atmosphere. This is in fact the most Earth-like location in the solar system – so interesting to space scientists that NASA is actually working on a conceptual manned mission to go there. As Gareth Dorrian and Ian Whittaker
explain, we may even find extraterrestrial airborne microbes there.
In the early years of the fifth century, mainland Britain slipped from the control of the Roman Empire. But how did this Roman “Brexit” affect those living in Britain? Will Bowden argues it was remarkable how quickly the things we associate with Roman life – such as coins, pottery and urban life – disappeared.
Twenty years ago today, former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London for crimes against humanity committed during his time as head of state. Veronica Diaz-Cerda assesses how this remarkable moment marked a sea change in the way those who abuse human rights can be brought to justice.
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Miriam Frankel
Science Editor
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There are plans to cause HAVOC on Venus.
Gareth Dorrian, Nottingham Trent University; Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University
The upper atmosphere of Venus is the most Earth-like extra-terrestrial location in the solar system. It could even host life.
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What happens next?
Destruction from The Course of Empire by Thomas Cole, 1836, via Wikimedia.
Will Bowden, University of Nottingham
Once Britain slipped away from the Roman Empire in the early 5th century, signs of Roman life began to disappear.
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Chile’s former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet.
EPA Images
Veronica Diaz-Cerda, Aston University
Two decades ago, Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London, putting human rights abuses in the limelight.
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Politics + Society
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Gavin Brent Sullivan, Coventry University; Saut Sagala, Institut Teknologi Bandung
Developed countries focus on technology, but lullabies can sometimes have a greater effect.
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Nick Grief, University of Kent; Shona Illingworth, University of Kent
In the context of accelerating geopolitical, technological and environmental change, we need to radically reassess how we perceive airspace legally.
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E. Donald Elliott, Yale University
Legal scholars offer a vision for appointing Supreme Court justices more fairly. While it wouldn't require any constitutional amendments, it would require Congress to pass a bill.
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Business + Economy
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Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University; Kenneth Mitchell, Monmouth University
A deep recession, a severe drought and a plunging currency have led to the biggest bailout in IMF history. The government hopes it can avoid the meltdowns that followed past crises.
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Rona S Beattie, Glasgow Caledonian University
Human resources departments need to understand that these days security and data breaches are more likely to come from within.
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Education
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Indu Vibha Meddegama, York St John University
Languages are said to be disappearing faster than endangered species with a different one dying every two weeks.
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Cities
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Mark Kleinman, King's College London
There are early indicators that London's fortunes could be shifting.
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