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Editor's note
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The aftermath of the 2016 EU referendum was painful for many Remain-supporting Britons living in continental Europe. Results of a survey, done a year after the vote, reveal how many were left ashamed of their country, struggling with an identity crisis. Katie Higgins says the intensity of their responses shows their ongoing investment in Britain.
It’s been more than two years since the new offence of coercive control in intimate relationships was introduced in England and Wales. New statistics show the number of cases has doubled, but Charlotte Barlow and her colleagues say the police are still missing the patterns of repeated victimisation that constitute this crime. Meanwhile, Nathan Birdsall and Scott Cleay warn that Love Island and other reality TV shows are helping to normalise domestic abuse.
More than a million animals a year are tested on in Europe alone, including more than 600 rodents which are exposed to chemicals and monitored for cancer growth. In addition to serious ethical concerns, relying on rodents to predict human carcinogenicity is flawed. But researchers have now created a a way of using human cell models to test for cancer-causing substances. Gareth Jenkins and Shareen Doak explain how they hope their test will put an
end to animal testing once and for all.
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Gemma Ware
Society Editor
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Top story
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A shifting sense of national identity.
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Katie Higgins, University of Sheffield
A survey of British Remain supporters living elsewhere in the EU after the referendum found feelings of shame and loss about what they felt their country had become.
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Evidence of long term coercive control can be hard for the police to collect.
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Charlotte Barlow, Lancaster University; Kelly Johnson, Durham University; Sandra Walklate, University of Liverpool
It's still rare for cases of coercive control to reach prosecution.
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The 2018 cast of Love Island.
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Nathan Birdsall, University of Central Lancashire; Scott Keay, University of Central Lancashire
Reality TV shows depicting relationships are popular, but a tolerance of abusive behaviour is also being exposed to a wide audience – including younger viewers.
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Lab mouse.
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Gareth Jenkins, Swansea University; Shareen Doak, Swansea University
Humans are not big mice so why are we still testing on these animals?
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Arts + Culture
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Adam de Paor-Evans, University of Central Lancashire
There are many sub-genres of Hip Hop, so why is all non-Anglophone music lumped under the label 'world music'?
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Stephanie Palmer, Nottingham Trent University
Sharp-eyed Victorian writers exploded the myth of tranquil village life.
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Nick Taylor-Collins, Swansea University
Together, Bond and Boyle will be tackling Brexit Britain.
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Business + Economy
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Pinar Ozcan, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick; Dize Dinçkol, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick; Markos Zachariadis, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Challenger banks are on the rise but they need to prove themselves to be trustworthy to survive – and profit.
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Carlo Petrucci, University of Essex
US President Donald Trump thinks the fine is political – but it's just a different way of doing business.
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Ferran Giones, University of Southern Denmark
One of America's original manufacturing giants is scrambling to control how customers digitise its products.
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Education
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Ruth Penfold-Mounce, University of York
Everyone dies, so why are so many people still afraid to talk about it?
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Health + Medicine
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Hugh McLachlan, Glasgow Caledonian University
Society persists in criminalising the use of cannabis but it is morally indefensible.
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Politics + Society
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J.M. Opal, McGill University
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