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Editor's note
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It has become the norm to put off having children until later in life – the average age at which people have their first child has been creeping up for decades. But having children later increases certain health risks for mother and child. And there are financial implications to take into account, too. So what is the optimum age at which to have a child? Charlotte Walker and Suzannah Williams say that science has a clear answer.
Before quitting his day job as an academic, Christopher Boyce researched happiness. Now he’s cycling to Bhutan on a pilgrimage of sorts to the country that values its population’s happiness levels above economic growth. Read our latest in depth article to find out how his journey is going and what the keys to a happy life are.
Recent breakthroughs have given serious hope to people paralysed from the waist down. Ioannis Zoulias explains how two research groups are using spinal implants to help restore movement and feeling in the legs of people who thought they’d never walk again, and why we could be close to curing this kind of paralysis for good.
And as the UK remains convulsed by Brexit, stay tuned to The Conversation for informed analysis and comment.
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Clint Witchalls
Health + Medicine Editor
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Top stories
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Charlotte Walker, University of Oxford; Suzannah Williams, University of Oxford
There are many things to consider when choosing when to have a child.
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Christopher Boyce
Christopher Boyce, University of Stirling
I wanted to connect the happiness research I'd been doing over the years with what was happening, or indeed not happening, in the world.
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Jamani Caillet/EPFL
Ioannis Dimitrios Zoulias, University of Reading
Researchers have found a way to boost damaged spinal cord nerves – in some cases permanently.
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Politics + Society
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Paul Hunt, University of Essex
The UN's special rapporteur on extreme poverty has given a damning indictment of how austerity has hit the UK. A former UN envoy explains why his calls to uphold social rights are so crucial.
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Simon Usherwood, University of Surrey
And why it’s not enough to be against the Withdrawal Agreement.
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Craig Berry, Manchester Metropolitan University
Controlling immigration was the most important concern for Brexit voters and May's deal does that.
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Toby S James, University of East Anglia
The prime minister's office has promoted tweets in favour of the Brexit deal – why that's a problem.
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Michael Keating, University of Aberdeen
Like Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem, the Brexit target was a figment of everyone's imagination.
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Scott Lucas, University of Birmingham; Giovanni Piazzese, University of Birmingham
Amal Fathy spoke out about sexual harassment – and is now languishing in jail. She is not alone.–
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Science + Technology
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Barbara Ribeiro, University of Manchester
How science can resist in times of Bolsonism.
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Andrew Blain, University of Leicester
A number of surrounding galaxies are slowly being devoured by the most luminous object in the sky.
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Hannah Williams, Swansea University
Even when birds are not flying in a flock, they may observe each other to sense the world around them.
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Arts + Culture
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Garrett Carr, Queen's University Belfast
While one of the most contentious Brexit issues, politicians forget the essential human aspect of the border as a place that is lived in and loved.
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Paul Wells, Loughborough University
We've had 90 years of those famous ears.
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Education
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Stephen De Wijze, University of Manchester
The University of Reading wrongly judged that Geras' essay, which discusses political violence, might fall foul of the government's Prevent strategy.
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Environment + Energy
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Rupert Read, University of East Anglia
The movement to kickstart a radical transformation of our society has begun. For the sake of our children – and their children – it must succeed.
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