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Editor's note
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Humans have played dice games for thousands of years. So perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised to learn that archaeologists have unearthed a 600-year-old wooden die that appears to have been designed for cheating. Similar dice exist today, but there are also more sophisticated techniques you could use to get ahead in dice games. Graham Kendall talks us through the options – some of which are not technically cheating.
If you believe everything you read, Germany is in terminal decline. Their football team was hopeless in Russia and Angela Merkel is beset with problems on all sides. But, writes Ingo Cornils, there’s actually a lot for Germans to be hopeful about. They live in a country that is increasingly at ease with itself and are pulling together better than most of their European neighbours to face the challenges of climate change and mass
migration.
Donald Trump flipflopped last week on whether or not a post-Brexit trade deal between the US and UK was possible. Instead of trusting his opinion on the matter, we asked two trade experts to outline how feasible a deal would be in light of the Brexit white paper. Karen Jackson and Oleksandr Shepotylo say it doesn’t look good.
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Miriam Frankel
Science Editor
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Graham Kendall, University of Nottingham
Cheating at dice games is possible – but it does require some skills.
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Ingo Cornils, University of Leeds
If you believe everything you read, Germany is facing the abyss. But there's actually a lot to be hopeful about.
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Friendship doesn’t get you a trade agreement.
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Karen Jackson, University of Westminster; Oleksandr Shepotylo, University of Bradford
The white paper, which outlines Britain's vision for Brexit, does make independent trade deals tricky.
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Science + Technology
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Gary Lewis, Royal Holloway
Politicians on the right surely wipe with their left hand; and vice versa?
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Anne Carter, Nottingham Trent University; Emily J. Hall, Nottingham Trent University
Veterinary hospitals report mortality rates of up to 63% in dogs with heatstroke.
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Catherine Flick, De Montfort University
Cybersecurity is an increasingly relevant concern in our society, but pop culture tells us virtually nothing useful about it.
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Politics + Society
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Lopamudra Patnaik Saxena, Coventry University
Social supermarkets help those struggling from food poverty – but they mask our broken food system.
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Branislav Hock, University of Portsmouth; Suren Gomtsian, University of Leeds
Most big bureaucratic organisations are subject to oversight from civil society, but not FIFA.
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Louise Thompson, University of Surrey
An informal part of the Westminster process has come under the spotlight during voting on a key piece of Brexit legislation.
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Health + Medicine
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Matt Smith, Glasgow Caledonian University
Farm animals are the subject of WHO initiatives around antibiotics, but domestic pets could actually be a bigger risk.
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Sarah Steele, University of Cambridge
Human milk is being traded online in the mistaken belief that it is a panacea.
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Nicola Yuill, University of Sussex
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