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Editor's note
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Using vegetable oils to fry food may be bad for your health – if a flurry of recent reports are to be believed. But what about cooking with olive oil? In our latest Fact Check, James Brown puts the claims through their paces and discovers that if you must fry, the Mediterranean favourite is a pretty safe bet.
Time Ninjas, Sandwich Artists and Fairy Godmothers – welcome to the bizarre world of the 21st century job title. If you’re bewildered by the ridiculous labels given to sometimes senior employees, then you are not alone. Companies risk infantilising their staff, and alienating those who might join their industry if they insist on what amounts to another silly layer of elitism, writes Cary Cooper.
Most of us are bugged by ants every now and again – but roughly once a year, millions sprout wings and take to the air in a vast swarm. Christopher Terrell Nield explains the science behind “flying ant day” and marvels at what these little creatures will do for love.
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Clint Witchalls
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James Brown, Aston University; Rachel Adams, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Heating oil creates chemicals that are said to be harmful. Here's how olive oil performs.
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Business + Economy
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Cary Cooper, Lancaster University
Silly labels for well-paid roles just add another layer of elitism.
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Science + Technology
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Christopher Terrell Nield, Nottingham Trent University
The things they'll do for love ...
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Andrew McStay, Bangor University
If Facebook already knows how you feel from reading what you post, soon it will know from reading the expressions on your face.
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Christopher Markou, University of Cambridge
If AI research is only about profit, we should all be afraid ... very afraid.
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David Rothery, The Open University
Cassini is about to crash into Saturn to avoid contaminating its habitable moon Enceladus.
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Education
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Victoria Breeze, Michigan State University; Nathan Moore, Michigan State University
Newly translated Chinese Ministry of Education records shine light on China's shifting place in the global higher education landscape.
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Politics + Society
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Anne Wesemann, The Open University
The government is offering 'settled status' to address Brexit fears. But is it enough?
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Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield
The Conservatives' pact with the DUP is dodgy and depressing.
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Amy-Louise Watkin, Swansea University
Child victims are used to justify the cause, while young soldiers further it.
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Tony Meacham, Coventry University
When free speech comes into conflict with religious sensitivity, common sense must prevail.
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Michelle Bentley, Royal Holloway
Donald Trump's predecessor once made an empty threat against Bashar al-Assad – and it didn't end well.
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James Hamill, University of Leicester
With the ANC in crisis, the Democratic Alliance seemed to be getting it right. But then came a flurry of inexplicably tactless tweets.
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