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Editor's note
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There has been much ado about deepfakes lately – that AI-driven sorcery that creates video and audio clips of people saying or doing things they never said or did. To many, the dangers of this technology are obvious, so much so that Mark Zuckerberg reportedly announced a crackdown on a whole new sub-genre of fake celebrity porn films on Facebook.
Yet the untold story of deepfakes is that they can also be a force for good – and a huge business opportunity. Our specialists report on The Dalí Museum in Florida, which has used this technology to create a welcome film in which visitors are greeted by none other than the great Spanish surrealist himself. They go on to suggest five deepfake business ideas that could be coming soon, from giving stroke sufferers their voices back to changing
the age of actors in movies for a fraction of what the producers of The Irishman spent on Robert De Niro.
From business ideas to bumblebees, whose numbers have crashed by a third since 1970. We bring you into the secret world of queens and workers and drones that will be lost unless this trend is reversed. And new research suggests how people become corrupted by power.
In America, on the back of Bernie Sanders’ victory in the New Hampshire primary, we look at how much momentum really matters in the course of an election campaign.
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Steven Vass
Scotland Editor
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Top stories
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The Dalí planet.
The Dalí Museum
Linda W Lee, Nottingham Trent University; Jan Kietzmann, University of Victoria; Tim C Kietzmann, Radboud University
They're associated with fake news and celebrity porn videos but there are some unexpected upsides to these slippery clips.
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Philip Donkersley, Lancaster University
A new study has found that European and North American bumblebee populations have shrank by a third since 1970.
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Suzanne Ross, Nottingham Trent University
Power is linked to selfishness.
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Before the primary, Buttigieg said his campaign had the ‘strongest momentum.’
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Daniel Palazzolo, University of Richmond; Ernest B. McGowen III, University of Richmond
When candidates beat pollsters' expectations, that can mean more positive media coverage.
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Science + Technology
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George Busby, University of Oxford
Early humans in Africa may have interbred with a ghost population that likely split from the ancestors of humans and Neanderthals between 360,000 and 1.02 million years ago.
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Carl Senior, Aston University; Patrick Stewart, University of Arkansas; Tom Adams, University of Kentucky
The emotion of disgust may lie beneath our fear of god and of sin.
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Rosalie Gillett, Queensland University of Technology
Dating app Tinder has come under increasing scrutiny over harassment facilitated by the platform. But its new safety measures, while undoubtedly an improvement, are unlikely to prevent abuse.
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Environment + Energy
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Chris Fogwill, Keele University; Chris Turney, UNSW; Zoë Thomas, UNSW
Our research shows the Antarctic could be closer to a tipping point than previously thought.
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Norman Day, Swinburne University of Technology
The tall buildings of our cities kill horrifying numbers of birds. But some cities are adopting mandatory design measures to cut the toll.
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Health + Medicine
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J Bernadette Moore, University of Leeds; Mark Hopkins, University of Leeds; Matthew Campbell, University of Leeds
Our experiment tested the short- and long-terms effects of eating the vegan meal replacement powder.
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Education
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Louis Volante, Brock University; Francesca Borgonovi, UCL
Closing the reading achievement gap continues to be a pressing global challenge.
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Arts + Culture
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Jennifer Ingleheart, Durham University
Grecian love is often idealised as an respectable model for queer love. However, there's more pleasure and reality to be found in ancient Rome's dirtier version
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Business + Economy
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Aidan Regan, University College Dublin
A short history of Ireland's political economy explains Sinn Fein's surge in popularity.
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Politics + Society
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Manata Hashemi, University of Oklahoma
Despite what you might see on the news, many of Iran's young people are far from rebellious. Instead, they have dealt with dwindling job prospects by conforming to a strict code of morality.
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