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Editor's note
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It’s easy to imagine that losing the ability to move every part of your body would be a living nightmare. But a groundbreaking new technique that reads the brain activity of people with locked-in syndrome has given four patients the chance to communicate again – and they reported feeling happy. Ana Matran-Fernandez explains how the new method works and why it is so important.
Even though modern medicine is able to keep many tiny preterm babies alive, those that survive may face lasting mental and physiological effects. But "kangaroo mother care" – a technique no more complicated or costly than skin-on-skin contact with parents and near-exclusive breast feeding – has been shown to offer considerable mental and physical benefits to preterm babies lasting 20 years. Infant specialist Julia Petty asks why aren't we all using it?
In an era of alternative facts and fake news, reliable, accurate journalism is more important than ever – yet newspapers are facing an uncertain future as circulations and revenues decline and costs are cut. Richard Sambrook walks us through an important new book by a who's who of UK journalists which takes a sobering look at the state of the news industry.
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Stephen Harris
Commissioning Editor
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Top story
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Opening the gate to communication.
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Ana Matran-Fernandez, University of Essex
A new kind of brain-computer interface has helped ALS sufferers who cannot move to communicate.
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Health + Medicine
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Julia Petty, University of Hertfordshire
Kangaroo mother care: the long-term benefits of closeness in the early days of life.
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Arts + Culture
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Richard Sambrook, Cardiff University
A new book forecasts a challenging future for UK newspapers and mounts a strong argument for investment in quality.
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Harriet Phillips, Queen Mary University of London
Thomas Browne is now better known for his literary work but in his own time was legendary as the greatest – and first – scientific populariser.
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Politics + Society
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David J. Bailey, University of Birmingham
Can the new administration be swayed if the people keep up the pressure?
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Francesca Strumia, University of Sheffield
In 1888, Chae Chan Ping was denied re-entry into the US, where he had lived for 12 years. Times are supposed to have changed.
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Moritz Pieper, University of Salford
Trump has pointed the finger at Obama for creating the list of seven countries in his new travel ban.
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Lutz Oette, SOAS, University of London
Torture is the ultimate abuse of state power over the individual. If the US returns to using it, all hell could break loose.
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Gerasimos Tsourapas, University of Birmingham
Gulf countries have a history of using migrants' rights as a tool in their geopolitical strategy.
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Rebecca Clifford, Swansea University
Children in the 1940s were brought up believing that European identity was the way forward – so what went wrong?
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Henry Knight Lozano, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Zuckerberg is just the latest in a long line of West Coast capitalists to purchase a slice of Hawaii.
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Holger Nehring, University of Stirling
There's is often high drama behind the smiles, photo opportunities and carefully crafted language.
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Frank Mattheis, University of Pretoria
Although Ecowas and the AU made sure that Yahya Jammeh stepped down after losing the elections in The Gambia, caution is warranted in assuming this heralds a trend against African dictatorships.
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Business + Economy
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Daniel Hough, University of Sussex
One of David Cameron's more tangible legacies is in danger as the UK rushes to secure trading partners around the globe.
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Martin Caraher, City, University of London
Recycling leftovers from supermarkets does not address the roots of food poverty and removes responsibility from the government.
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Berrill Theatre, Open University, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom — The Open University
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