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Editor's note
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Avoiding dangerous climate change is possible – but expensive. That’s the conclusion of a new study led by legendary climate scientist James Hansen. He argues that we’ll need to take carbon directly out of the atmosphere and any delays will only add to the cost. We are leaving future generations with an impossible financial and technological burden, says James Dyke.
After decades of debate, the 13th Doctor Who will finally be female. The BBC announced that Jodie Whittaker, well-known for her role in the popular thriller Broadchurch, will take the helm of the TARDIS. It’s thrilling news for Una McCormack, who has written several Doctor Who books and has long lamented the lack of leading women in science fiction. Meanwhile, Vicky Neale
salutes the memory of Maryam Mirzakhan, the first and only woman to win the Field Medal, the most prestigious prize in mathematics.
If sugar is evil – blamed for the global obesity epidemic – then low-calorie sweeteners must be saintly. Not so, says Rachel Adams. A large-scale review of studies suggests that low-calorie sweeteners won’t help you manage your weight and may even increase your risk of diabetes and heart disease.
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Will de Freitas
Environment + Energy Editor
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Top story
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James Dyke, University of Southampton
New research calculates the huge cost of 'negative emissions' technologies that will be required to avoid dangerous climate change.
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Arts + Culture
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Una McCormack, Anglia Ruskin University
Doctor Who author Una McCormack has long envisaged a day when a woman was cast as Doctor Who.
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Aysha Winstanley Musa, University of Sheffield
The name has become a byword for promiscuity and falsehood – typical of patriarchal readings of the Bible.
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Health + Medicine
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Rachel Adams, Cardiff Metropolitan University
The evidence against low-calorie sweeteners is mounting. But that doesn't mean natural sugar is better.
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Politics + Society
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Huw L Williams, Cardiff University
Populist politics could be key to giving Wales a new public sphere.
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Brett Edwards, University of Bath; Kai ilchmann, University of Sussex
The organisation that monitors chemical weapons could play a valuable role in tackling this problem.
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Emma Hitchings, University of Bristol; Leanne Smith, Cardiff University
Their assistance can be vital after legal aid cuts.
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Gervase Phillips, Manchester Metropolitan University
The violent evolution of martyrdom.
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Nikki D'Souza, University of Sheffield; Xavier L'Hoiry, University of Sheffield
Restorative justice has worked for other offenders and their victims. New research has looked at whether it is suitable for organised crime.
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Gregory Stiles, University of Sheffield
Against the backdrop of the G20, Russia and the US have made a deal over Syria. But it's Putin who holds the winning hand.
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Science + Technology
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Vicky Neale, University of Oxford
It took 80 years for a woman to be awarded the highest prize in mathematics, the Fields Medal.
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Andrew Norton, The Open University
Astronomers in Puerto Rico have picked up signal from a faint star that's not like anything they've seen before.
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Business + Economy
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Tawny Paul, University of Exeter
Prior to industrialisation in the 19th century, most people worked multiple jobs to piece together a living.
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Environment + Energy
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Richard Davies, Newcastle University; Michael Manga, University of California, Berkeley
The world's largest mud volcano has consumed several villages, but we're no closer to the answer of how and why it began.
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