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Editor's note
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Villanelle, the assassin in the hit BBC show, Killing Eve, is cold, manipulative and extremely violent. She is a quintessential psychopath … or is she? Nadja Heym reveals five little-known facts about psychopaths and what they’re really thinking.
Astronomers have discovered the first ever evidence of a moon orbiting a planet in a solar system outside our own. This “exomoon” is within the habitable zone of the star, meaning liquid water could exist on its surface. Andrew Norton explains why the discovery is such a big deal.
A fifth of ambulance trips to hospital are for the same issue – breathlessness. Millions of people with heart and lung conditions regularly suffer this problem yet they often know little about how to deal with it. Ann Hutchinson has found that simple education could help many of these people improve their quality of life and avoid unnecessary visits to the emergency department.
Meanwhile, who is really behind the news stories you read? Vera Tolz argues that revelations about “Colonel Chepiga”, one of the Skripal poisoners, can tell us a great deal about all that’s good, bad and ugly in modern journalism.
And for the latest on the Conservative Party conference, including Theresa May’s speech, click here.
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Clint Witchalls
Health + Medicine Editor
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Nadja Heym, Nottingham Trent University
Villanelle may be a psychopath, but she doesn't represent most psychopaths.
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Artist’s impression of the exoplanet Kepler-1625b with its large moon.
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Andrew Norton, The Open University
A moon has been spotted in a star system 4000 light years away – but its structure is confusing.
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Ann Hutchinson, University of Hull
People suffering chronic breathlessness often end up going to hospital because they don't have the proper help to manage the problem.
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Undated file handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of Alexander Petrov (left) and Ruslan Boshirov (right).
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Vera Tolz, University of Manchester
Why were the Russians behind the story not properly acknowledged?
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Politics + Society
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Robin Pettitt, Kingston University
Much better than last year – but that wasn't going to be difficult, was it?
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Richard Whitman, University of Kent; Agnes Batory, Central European University
Hunt might have pleased the Conservative party faithful, but he's offended Britain's closest allies.
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Ian Hamilton, University of York; Suzi Gage, University of Liverpool
Drug users aren't the problem – the current 'war on drugs' is.
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Zanele Nyoni, University of Central Lancashire
The different legal protections between marriage, civil partnership and cohabitation.
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Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London
The time for words is over – the world wants to see positive action if it is going to engage and invest.
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Business + Economy
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Chris Dawson, University of Bath; David de Meza, London School of Economics and Political Science
A positive outlook is great – but it can lead to some ill judged start up ideas.
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Jonathan Webb, Cardiff University
Tips help, but government policy should focus on progression and skills first.
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Sara Solmone, University of East London
The borderless nature of the internet makes it hard to pull the plug on social media talk that crosses the line.
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Education
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Corinna Patterson, Bangor University
If we want to help students develop evidence based views, we can't deny their standpoints.
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Andrew Sprake, University of Central Lancashire; Clive Palmer, University of Central Lancashire
Cutting PE lessons to boost exam results is madness – it's time for sport in schools to go mainstream.
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Science + Technology
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Marcos Alcocer, University of Nottingham
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to work on how to use the principles of evolution to create new medical treatments and renewable fuels.
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Arts + Culture
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Aislinn Clarke, Queen's University Belfast
Proper horror should be more than just monsters and suspense.
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