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Editor's note
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The European Union is in deep crisis. The eurozone continues to fall apart and one of its wealthiest member states is about to head out the door. But losing the UK may reignite a democratic vision that once lay at the heart of the EU. Simon Sweeney sets out the task ahead to build a true European Republic and explains why the stakes couldn't be higher.
A British Antarctic Survey research ship set sail from Chile over the weekend with a special passenger making its first voyage: Boaty McBoatface. Alberto Naveira Garabato, lead scientist on board, explains how the famed submarine will help him track vast "waterfalls" deep beneath the waves.
And if a hot bath feels therapeutic, that's because it is. Taking a soak in hot water improves blood sugar levels, lowers blood pressure and even burns energy, explains Steve Faulkner. His latest study shows that soaking in 40˚C water burns roughly the same number of calories as a 30-minute walk.
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Laura Hood
Politics Editor, Assistant Editor
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Top story
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Simon Sweeney, University of York
Some radical thinking is in order if the union is to overcome the current crisis.
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Environment + Energy
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Alberto Naveira Garabato, University of Southampton
The new sub allows scientists to access some of the most remote and hazardous environments in the ocean.
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Health + Medicine
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Steve Faulkner, Loughborough University
A hot bath burns calories, helps control blood sugar and keeps your blood vessels healthy. What's not to like?
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Aimee Grant, Cardiff University
Family, friends and even strangers are judging pregnant women's and new mothers' behaviour.
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Politics + Society
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Ibtisam Ahmed, University of Nottingham
The empire's formal structures may have been gutted, but its influence lives on.
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Tamara Hervey, University of Sheffield; Joaquin Cayon-De Las Cuevas, University of Cantabria
The worst case scenario could put pressure on the NHS.
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Kelly Hall, University of Birmingham
Spiralling living costs on a diminshed pension has come with uncertainty about the future.
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Hyun Bang Shin, London School of Economics and Political Science
In a nation where urban living is the ultimate attainment, some households are bracing against the surging tide of development.
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Paul Rogers, University of Bradford
What was supposed to be a glorious triumph for Iraq has turned into an exhausting war of attrition.
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Arts + Culture
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Anna Stodter, Anglia Ruskin University
But how do you tackle the country's losing streak?
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Adam Behr, Newcastle University
Legendary is an overused adjective in popular culture, but Berry’s passing is a salutary reminder of what a giant in the field actually looked like.
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Elizabeth Schafer, Royal Holloway
The really remarkable thing about Greig’s Malvolia is not that she is a woman. It is that Greig has completely re-conceived Shakespeare’s character.
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Business + Economy
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Julija Sardelic, University of Liverpool; Aidan McGarry, University of Brighton
An influx of people seeking shelter from conflict has sharpened attitudes against groups which have been in Europe for centuries.
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Science + Technology
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Viktoria Mileva, University of Stirling; Anna Bobak, University of Stirling; Peter Hancock, University of Stirling
Researchers are looking for ways to improve our ability to recognise and match faces.
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Education
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Jacqueline Stevenson, Sheffield Hallam University
Muslims students' experiences of higher education are not always positive.
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