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Editor's note
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As the world's population continues to grow exponentially and climate change presents serious challenges to agriculture, feeding people is now a pressing global issue. This week, with our colleagues in the US, we're giving special focus to food security. To kick the series off, Rachel Norman runs though the key things you need to know.
Donald Trump's inauguration may have sparked worldwide protests but the electoral crises facing the political left has never seemed more acute. Sayantan Ghosal explains how it came to this and points to a long-forgotten way forward: international mobilisation.
Bribing children with cash was recently suggested as a good way to get children to eat their vegetables. While using this kind of incentive has been shown to work for a short period of time, says Sophia Komninou, it's certainly not sustainable in the longer term. Instead she gives her tips for getting fussy eaters into the green stuff – without resorting to hiding it.
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Jonathan Este
Associate Editor
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Top story
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Vlad Karavaev
Rachel Norman, University of Stirling
There is no 'one-size-fits-all' answer to global food insecurity except that the West needs to learn to consume, and waste, less.
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Politics + Society
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Martin Smith, Sheffield Hallam University
The new US president and the Manchester United manager are masters of media management – but are they really in the same game?
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Thomas Clarke, University of Technology Sydney
The 44th president is now gone. What mark does he leave on his country?
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Andrew Hines, Queen Mary University of London
Logical and coherent it was not, but Trump's first address as president had some striking themes running through it.
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Sayantan Ghosal, University of Glasgow
The people who voted for the new American president may not be as hard for the Left to reach as it may appear.
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Liam Kennedy, University College Dublin
Donald Trump will preside over a new American reality as it takes shape. How can we understand it?
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Alison Young, University of Oxford
Great expectations or much ado about nothing?
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Katy Gibbons, University of Portsmouth
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have called for repentence for the divisions caused by the schism between the Protestant and Catholic faiths.
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Eugene Sadler-Smith, University of Surrey
The Greek myths teach that pride comes before a fall – something that our leaders, filled with hubris, rarely see before it's too late.
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Arts + Culture
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Alun Hardman, Cardiff Metropolitan University
The former England captain was a towering figure in sport, but her mission to reduce inequality in cricket remains unfinished.
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Nigel Ward, Anglia Ruskin University
We all need a little trip to La La Land.
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Business + Economy
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Craig Berry, University of Sheffield
The UK government's inability to devise a fundamentally new economic policy is why it will likely fudge a soft Brexit.
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Science + Technology
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Graham Kendall, University of Nottingham
Going round in circles can actually make your journey more efficient.
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Environment + Energy
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Chris Ebbert, Nottingham Trent University
French company Seabubbles provides new transport concept which aims to see the people of Paris using water instead of roads.
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Health + Medicine
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Sophia Komninou, Swansea University
Here are some tips to get your picky eater into lifelong healthy habits.
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