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Editor's note
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It’s been 20 years since the deal that paved the way for peace in Northern Ireland. Yet some communities are still plagued by paramilitary violence. Siobhán McAlister, Clare Dwyer and Nicola Carr, who spent time interviewing young people affected by paramilitarism, explain how damaging it still is to young lives.
Stephen Hawking’s final book Brief Answers to the Big Questions, which has recently been posthumously published, leaves open the question of whether time travel might one day be possible. But how seriously should we take this? Peter Millington examines what physics can currently tell us about space and time and says that the answer remains that time travel as we imagine it will probably remain the province of science fiction.
Democracy in Latin America is in crisis, says Pia Riggirozzi. Despite the efforts of left-wing governments to create new, fairer forms of society across the continent, economic woes, corruption and the resistance of business elites have led to widespread disatisfaction. And the far right is filling the vacuum.
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Gemma Ware
Society Editor
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Top stories
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Graffiti in Belfast by republican paramilitary group Action Against Drugs in 2018.
Clare Dwyer
Siobhan McAlister, Queen's University Belfast; Clare Dwyer, Queen's University Belfast; Nicola Carr, University of Nottingham
Two decades after a peace agreement was signed in Northern Ireland, communities affected by the conflict are still living in fear of paramilitaries.
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Lwp Kommunikáció/Flickr, CC BY-SA
Peter Millington, University of Nottingham
Despite his playful optimism, Hawking recognised that the undiscovered laws of physics may prevent time travel.
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Supporters of Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro celebrate his victory in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 28, 2018.
EPA Images
Pia Riggirozzi, University of Southampton
Left-wing governments failed to articulate a convincing alternative to neoliberal democracy – and the backlash has begun.
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Environment + Energy
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Miles Wilson, Durham University; Gillian Foulger, Durham University; Jon Gluyas, Durham University; Richard Davies, Newcastle University
Although fracking has been given the green light it's still not known how common felt earthquakes may become and if communities are willing to accept them
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Richard Lindsay, University of East London
Sphagnum moss made ideal field dressings for wounded soldiers.
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Education
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Hannah L Spacey, Swansea University
Physical education is for every body - as long as it's male.
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John Taylor, Lancaster University
Estimates suggest that Oxford lost 19% of those who served, Cambridge 18%, and Manchester and Glasgow 17%.
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Business + Economy
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Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, Anglia Ruskin University
From LGBTQI rights to racial justice, companies are embracing the social issues that matter to their consumers. And, of course, that makes sense.
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Eugenio Vaccari, University of Essex
The inventor of Italy's famous gianduiotti pralines faces production moving to Turkey.
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Arts + Culture
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Sian Nicholas, Aberystwyth University
Stacks of treasured love letters can tell the intimate stories of war.
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Politics + Society
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Moritz Pieper, University of Salford
Both Kazakhstan and Russia look at China’s economic power with a mix of awe and alarm.
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Steven Fielding, University of Nottingham
Momentum's position is increasingly out of step with the Labour leadership's on this issue.
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William JV Neill, University of Aberdeen
The deep divide between Catholics and Protestants makes the coming together to honour the dead on both sides fraught with problems.
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Karen Hunt, Keele University
Battling shortages and rising food and fuel prices, housewives played a vital part in Britain's first experience of 'total war'.
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