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Mexicans will go to the polls to choose their next president in 2018. The race is shaping up to be tumultuous, featuring an unlikely coalition between the leftist Democratic Revolutionary Party and the conservative National Action Party, a firebrand outsider frontrunner, and a slew of independent candidates. Salvador Vázquez del Mercado asks whether such a crowded presidential field is good for democracy or a sign of chaos to come.
A South African child born to an HIV-infected mother has been in remission for nine years without taking antiretroviral drugs, and it’s still not clear why. Caroline T Tiemessen is part of the team investigating this unusual case; she explains what it means for tackling HIV/AIDS both now and in the future.
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Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s administration has been plagued by corruption and scandal, and many voters have finally had enough.
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Salvador Vázquez del Mercado, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
Mexico's 2018 presidential race hasn't even begun, but it's already a nail-biter, featuring two women, a left-wing firebrand, party defections, strange bedfellows and no small dose of scandal.
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Arts + Culture
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Michelle Whitford, Griffith University; Susanne Becken, Griffith University
Closing Uluru to climbers is vital to the preservation, maintenance and on-going development of culture, traditions and knowledge.
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Health + Medicine
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Caroline T. Tiemessen, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
A South African child, who has been in HIV remission for nearly nine years, could help researchers understand how to make remission possible for millions of other HIV positive people.
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Politics + Society
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Andrea Freidus, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Voluntourists' ability to change systems, alleviate poverty or provide support for vulnerable children is limited. They don't have the skills and can perpetuate patronising and unhelpful ideas.
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Punita Chowbey, Sheffield Hallam University
A new study provides a more nuanced understanding of the role food plays in healthy eating and family life.
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Science + Technology
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Christopher Davies, University of Leeds
A strange patch of extremely strong magnetic field occurred over Jordan in 1000BC. Could we be about to face another one?
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