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Editor's note
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One year ago today, the fire at Grenfell Tower laid bare the fault lines in British society. In one of London’s wealthiest boroughs, working class and ethnic minority families were left devastated by the loss of 120 homes and 72 loved ones. Helen Carr writes about a catastrophic regulatory failure and how other high rise tenants can – and should – pursue legal action to ensure their homes are safe. Yet tragedies can also unite people, as Joseph Downing and Richard Dron discovered. Their analysis of social media shows how users
challenged fake news and rallied behind a stricken community. And as the public inquiry takes a pause for the day, Konstantinos Tsavdaridis sums up what we know about the causes of the fire – and how to make sure it never happens again.
Antarctica is roughly the size of the US and Mexico combined, and it’s almost entirely covered in a mile or more of ice. Now, researchers have combined various satellite recordings to reveal just how fast the ice sheet is melting away. The continent has lost nearly 3 trillion tonnes of ice, say Thomas Slater and Andrew Shepherd, and there’s more to come.
Foam rolling is the latest craze to sweep gyms, attracting celebrity devotees like Shakira and Sarah Jessica Parker. But examine the science and it turns out there’s much we still don’t know – not least how getting horizontal with a neoprene tube actually works on the body. Lewis MacGregor and Angus Hunter explain what researchers understand and what they’re still figuring out.
And the World Cup kicks off today. For ongoing coverage from academic experts, click here.
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Emily Lindsay Brown
Editor for Cities and Young People
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Top stories
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Never to be repeated.
EPA/Neil Hall
Konstantinos Daniel Tsavdaridis, University of Leeds
A year on what do we know about how the Grenfell fire spread? And what changes need to happen to make sure there is never a repeat?
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Will Oliver/EPA
Joseph Downing, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS); Richard Dron, University of Salford
A new analysis of 44,000 tweets reveals that fake news isn't always persuasive.
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Chalcots Estate in Camden is covered in the same cladding as Grenfell Tower was.
mattbuck/Wikimedia Commons.
Helen Carr, University of Kent
Grenfell was a 'catastrophic regulatory failure', and reform is still needed – but above all, tenants must be empowered to make their homes safe.
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Thomas Slater, University of Leeds; Andrew Shepherd, University of Leeds
We used 11 different satellite missions to track Antarctica’s contribution to rising sea levels.
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Lewis Macgregor, University of Stirling; Angus Hunter, University of Stirling
Gyms have gone mad for these bits of neoprene. Yet researchers are still scrambling to catch up.
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Education
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Yvonne Skipper, Keele University
How the grammar school selection process impacts children's self-perceptions and view of intelligence.
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Environment + Energy
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Simon Cherriman, Murdoch University
The poisoning of dozens of wedge-tailed hawks in Victoria could affect the entire wild population.
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Science + Technology
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Keith Martin, Royal Holloway; Rory Hopcraft, Royal Holloway
Cyber vulnerabilities in shipping show how far the industry has to go. But proper cyber security of ships is more complex than you might initially think.
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Health + Medicine
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Carl Marincowitz, University of Hull; Andrew Garrett, University of Hull
Football could take a leaf from rugby union's book on how to treat head-injured players, pitch side.
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Politics + Society
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Kamil Zwolski, University of Southampton
After a century of debate, Europe still hasn't figured out how to deal with its giant of a neighbour.
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Simon Mabon, Lancaster University
Russia and Saudi Arabia's new friendship is bad news for Iran.
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Ruvi Ziegler, University of Reading
Spain has agreed to allow the Aquarius, a boat carrying 629 migrants, to dock in Valencia. But the EU remains gridlocked over asylum rules.
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Alex Oaten, University of Birmingham
#FreeTommy protests depict the founder of the English Defence League as a hero. But his sentencing had nothing to do with the right to protest.
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NIall Hamilton-Smith, University of Stirling
Mental distress, addiction, debt, family dysfunction and abuse are all problems to be milked for profit.
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Louise Thompson, University of Surrey
The government has avoided defeat on its key piece of Brexit legislation – but for how long?
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