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Editor's note
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Airbus has warned that a no-deal Brexit could force the aircraft manufacturer to close its UK operations, which, among other things, produce all-important wings. We’ve got the ins and outs of the story – which involves a lot more than single market and customs union access.
If you’re watching the World Cup this weekend, you’ll probably be arguing over which dive, foul, or tangle should have been picked up by VAR. Introduced for the first time, the technology is designed to help referees play back incidents to catch out bad behaviour and wrong calls made on the pitch. Love it or hate it, its impact on the beautiful game is certainly creating some heated debate. And as the group stage continues in Russia, we looked at pesky midges, sturgeon
that were almost wiped out by a hydroelectric plant on the Volga, and Volgograd’s enduring wartime relationship with one British city.
Turkey heads to the polls for the fifth time in four years after the snap election announced by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. This election is an opportunity for Erdoğan to consolidate power, and a state of emergency in the country has sidelined opposition media in the run up. But opposition groups have taken their fight to social media in the hopes of thwarting what many see as a done deal.
Getting a solid night’s sleep can be fraught, without ghouls, ghosts and exploding heads scaring you awake. Some who experience sleep paralysis and loud bangs just before falling asleep attribute them to the paranormal, but sleep researcher Alice Gregory suggests something else is going on – and which can be explained through science.
And tomorrow will be the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Bamber Bridge, a race riot that took place in the north of England during World War II. But it was more a mutiny than a battle – between black American troops and white US Army military police over the unwelcome import of American Jim Crow segregation.
And from around the globe, The Conversation also covered why women’s unpaid work must be included in GDP calculations, and why Nigeria may not be ready for free and fair elections next year. And also this week, two professors debate getting rid of business schools, why your neighbours may be breathing better
air, and how to save Victorian pleasure piers.
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Jo Adetunji
Deputy Editor
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Top stories
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Ryan Fletcher / Shutterstock.com
Mark Johnson, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Why Airbus has warned that a no-deal Brexit could force the plane maker to close its UK operations.
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VAR is already proving controversial at this year’s World Cup.
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Olatunbosun Olaniyan, University of Huddersfield
VAR is part of a wider trend of digitalisation that threatens to make football less natural and spontaneous.
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Rabia Karakaya Polat, University of Essex
A snap poll intended to boost the Turkish president's power has stirred up online opposition to his increasing authoritarianism.
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Alice M Gregory, Goldsmiths, University of London
Sleep paralysis and exploding head syndrome can help explain things that go bump in the night.
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Black American GIs stationed in Britain during the war, these in Bristol, were given a warm welcome by their hosts but treated harshly by their white US Army comrades.
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Alan Rice, University of Central Lancashire
When black American troops stationed in an English town faced off against white US Army military police.
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Arts + Culture
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Chisato Danjo, York St John University
Being bilingual is not just about learning two languages, it's about absorbing meaning, negotiating and being flexible when it comes to language.
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Anya Chapman, Bournemouth University
Piers face an uncertain future, with fire, maintenance issues, rising costs, and climate change all conspiring against them.
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Science + Technology
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Sheril Kirshenbaum, University of Texas at Austin
Scientists in the Netherlands have reported that we share about 80m bacteria during a passionate ten-second kiss; a finding that makes puckering up seem cringe-worthy – and downright unsanitary at the…
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Moa Petersén, Lund University
Sweden's deep relationship with digital technology helps explain why its biohacking scene is so unique.
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Business + Economy
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Martin Parker, University of Bristol; Ken Starkey, University of Nottingham
Ken Starkey defends the importance of business schools, while Martin Parker says 'bring in the bulldozers'.
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Luke Messac, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
The methods used to measure gross domestic product are being criticised for excluding the unpaid work done by women.
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Environment + Energy
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Hannah Dickinson, University of Sheffield
Beluga sturgeon found their migration route blocked by Europe's largest hydroelectric dam.
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Education
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Stephen Corbett, University of Portsmouth
Smart phones are educational – and a big part of students' futures.
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