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Editor's note
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Political parties are trying to put the best possible spin on local election results in parts of the UK. For Labour and the Conservatives, that’s a tough job this weekend. One of the central debates, of course, is whether this vote can be considered to be a verdict on Brexit – and if so, what do the parties do now? That said, it seems that a decade of austerity – which have hit local councils particularly hard – has finally come home to roost
for the Tories.
The Greens, though, performed well: the party is celebrating what it’s claiming as “the biggest election night in our history”. Since the school climate strikes and the highly visible activism of Extinction Rebellion, the need for measures to counter climate change is becoming ever clearer to most people. And many are realising this is something that doesn’t just involve governments but every individual on the planet. Here are six ways to make
the world a better place.
Munira Abdullah became world famous at the end of last year when the 32-year-old woman from the United Arab Emirates regained consciousness for the first time since she suffered devastating injuries in a car crash in 1992. Was it a “modern miracle” as some sensational news reports claimed? It’s worth looking into this story in more detail to realise the importance of responsible journalism – as well as the value of expert knowledge.
This week we’ve also been talking about why pets have dark eyes and the potential uses of sludge from the sewers. Meanwhile from our colleagues around the world we’ve been reading about a new malaria vaccine being tested in Malawi, the slave trade in Canada and, from the US, all about this weekend’s Kentucky Derby.
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Jonathan Este
Associate Editor, Arts + Culture Editor
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Activists watch the count in Bath.
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Philip Haynes, University of Brighton
Do the local election results reflect local realities?
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Rick Stafford, Bournemouth University; Peter JS Jones, UCL
The current system drives social injustice and environmental destruction, a new approach to address both is called for.
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Tim Sanders
Jenny Kitzinger, Cardiff University
UAE woman Munira Abdulla is fully conscious after 27 years - but reports of her "miraculous" story are misleading.
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I spy with my little eye…
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Jonathan Denniss, University of Bradford
Pets, like guinea pigs, lead very different lives to humans – and that's why they need very different eyes, too.
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Ancestry ad depicts a white man in 19th-century clothing standing in front of a Black woman holding a ring telling her they can leave and be together in Canada.
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Cheryl Thompson, Ryerson University
Canadian audiences did not object to Ancestry's ad which romanticized Canada as “Promised land,” but they should have.
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E. Gabrielle Kuenzli, University of South Carolina
Many immigrants come to the United States chasing the 'American dream.' So do immigrant racehorses, who literally carry the hopes of their trainers and riders on their backs.
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Faith Osier, Wellcome Trust
Given the high burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, a partially effective vaccine is considered better than none.
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Evina Katsou, Brunel University London
Currently, all the value in sewage sludge is literally being flushed down the toilet.
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Harry Sumnall, Liverpool John Moores University
The law on medicinal cannabis in the UK changed. Not that you'd notice.
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