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Editor's note
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The European Commission claims it wants to improve our health, so why is it still subsidising vineyards? While one branch of Brussels says we should cut down on alcohol, another says we should keep paying farmers to make more wine. This is just one example of an incoherent attitude to farming and public health, says Bob Doherty. He looks at Europe’s latest common agricultural policy and wonders why it doesn’t focus more on keeping us healthy.
Diamonds may be forever, but De Beers – the world’s biggest diamond producer – has decided it’s ok to take a shortcut and are to start selling synthetic gemstones for the first time in its history. Andrew Evans explains just how artificial diamonds are made and how you can tell the difference.
Smartphone production has already drastically changed film making. As the camera technology on each new generation of phone evolves, the possibilities expand. Although not everyone is positive about these changes, these gadgets mean that film making is steadily being democratised, as Victoria Mapplebeck, the first to shoot a short film on an iPhone X, writes. She has three tips for those who are keen to get started.
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Will de Freitas
Environment + Energy Editor
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Top stories
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Bob Doherty, University of York
Proposed reforms to the common agriculture policy (CAP) do not go far enough.
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Andrew Evans, Aberystwyth University
The world's biggest diamond company is to sell synthetic gemstones for the first time.
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Victoria Mapplebeck, Royal Holloway
The gap between the idea for a film and it reaching its final audience has never been so small.
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Politics + Society
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Wil Chivers, Cardiff University; Helen Blakely, Cardiff University; Steve Davies
A new generation of workers are joining trade unions and using social media to hold big employers to account.
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Georgina Blakeley, The Open University
Leader of a corrupt party, an unpopular government and a divided country, Mariano Rajoy's days were numbered long ago.
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Nathalia Tjandra, Edinburgh Napier University
While many of its Asian neighbours are striving to get smoking under control, Indonesia is the stubborn exception.
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Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London
Many African elections are less than ideal. But is the rest of the world really that much better?
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Tim Lomas, University of East London
Italy failed to make it to this year's tournament – but we should applaud their notion of 'fiero'.
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Business + Economy
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Cary Cooper, University of Manchester; Ivan Robertson, University of Manchester
There are more than a thousand chief happiness officers on LinkedIn but their roles differ wildly.
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Education
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Teena Clouston, Cardiff University
An expert gives her top tips for coping with exam stress and nerves.
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Cities
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Silvio Carta, University of Hertfordshire
How data is changing the shape of our personal 'bubble' – in pictures.
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Health + Medicine
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Nicholas Page, The University of South Wales
To encourage more people to donate, we need to figure out how location has affected their decision.
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Arts + Culture
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Marek Bekerman, University of Salford
Whatever the reason for faking Arkady Babchenko's death, this episode will not make journalists any safer.
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Richard Sambrook, Cardiff University
Journalism needs to rebuild public trust, but it won't be easy.
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