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Editor's note
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The Camorra, an infamous Italian crime syndicate, has long held sway over the city of Naples and its surrounds. A conspiracy of silence has allowed criminal gangs to continue their cycle of violence largely unchallenged. But now, Felia Allum and Luca Palermo report that the people are pushing back, reclaiming public spaces through the expressive power of street art.
The latest instalment of our podcast The Anthill is live, and this month’s episode is all about pain. We get to grips with what pain is, and whether it’s all in our minds. We speak to researchers who are developing alternatives to highly addictive opioid painkillers. And we grapple with a question that is troubling roboticists: should they design machines that feel pain?
Meanwhile, it appears that the actions of Grace Mugabe have just sparked a coup in Zimbabwe. In this article from The Conversation Africa, David B Moore unpacks how a virulent mixture of politics and pride led the nation to tipping point.
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Emily Lindsay Brown
Commissioning Editor
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Top story
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Inward
Felia Allum, University of Bath; Luca Palermo
Locals use beauty in the battle to reclaim public space from the clutches of organised crime groups.
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Health + Medicine
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Annabel Bligh, The Conversation; Gemma Ware, The Conversation; Stephen Harris, The Conversation; Clint Witchalls, The Conversation
Pain is something everyone experiences. This episode of The Anthill podcast explores how and why it works in our brains, what kinds of drugs are being developed to reduce pain, and whether or not robots of the future should be built so that they experience pain.
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Politics + Society
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David B. Moore, University of Johannesburg
The protracted political crisis in Zimbabwe has worsened since President Mugabe fired vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa. Now the military has entered the fray, raising fears a coup is imminent.
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Thomas Godard, University of Nottingham; Olivia Walsh, University of Nottingham
Attempts to change French grammar to make it more gender-blind have aroused the wrath of many conservatives.
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Simon Usherwood, University of Surrey
A small parliamentary majority is still a majority. Besides, who else wants this gig?
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Jo Wilding, University of Brighton
It is becoming harder and harder to access legal aid for immigration cases.
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Science + Technology
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Samantha Ward, Nottingham Trent University
Ceredigion County Council in Wales claims it had no choice. What do the experts say?
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Alan Marsden, Lancaster University
New research claims to have found a link between types of chords and the lyrics they are typically paired with.
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Environment + Energy
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Francesco Pomponi, Edinburgh Napier University
The CO2 we produce when we put up buildings is large and virtually unregulated.
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Deirdre McKay, Keele University
Everyone knows that plastic waste is an environmental problem. So let's get creative with it.
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Education
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Lucy Jones, University of Nottingham
New guidance urging schools to stop making pupils conform to gender stereotypes is a step in the right direction.
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Arts + Culture
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Nicholas Morton, Nottingham Trent University
Forget the idea that it was round one in the battle between Christianity and Islam.
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Phil Leonard, Nottingham Trent University
The first poem in space was a plea for world peace.
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Business + Economy
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David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds
Should you be worried that tech giants are making huge investments in cultural content?
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Featured events
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University of Stirling, Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, United Kingdom — University of Stirling
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Open University, Walton Hall , Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom — Open Universities Australia
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51 Gordon Square, London, London, City of, WC1H 0PN, United Kingdom — UCL
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Stadhouderskade 78, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, 1072 AE , Netherlands — University of Cambridge
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