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Despite the fact that we have no evidence that aliens even exist, around a fifth of UK citizens believe Earth has been visited by extraterrestrials. In the US, nearly a quarter of people say they’ve seen a UFO, while 68% believe that the US government knows more about UFOs than it is revealing.
So it’s no wonder that politicians, at least in the US, increasingly feel that they have to respond – culminating in the Pentagon’s recent disclosure of its documents relating to UFOs (or UAPs as they’re now known). But all this noise about alien visitations comes at a cost to national security, science communication and the authentic traditions of indigenous populations.
Meanwhile, a torrid few years of widespread disease have pushed several species of seabirds closer to extinction. And education inspection body Ofsted is to replace single word grades for schools with a report card system. Here’s what this will mean for teachers.
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Miriam Frankel
Senior Science Editor
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Tony Milligan, King's College London
The belief in aliens is now rising to the extent that politicians, at least in the US, feel they have to respond.
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Nesting northern gannets, guillemots and razorbills at the RSPB Bempton Cliffs reserve on the Yorkshire coast.
Robert Simmons
Richard Gregory, UCL
A torrid few years of widespread disease have pushed several species closer to extinction.
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Rachel Harding, Nottingham Trent University; Andrew Clapham, Nottingham Trent University
Schools will no longer get a headline grade of outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate.
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World
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Busra Nisa Sarac, University of Portsmouth
Islamic State may have lost all of its territory, but the group’s ideological and operational capabilities are far from eradicated.
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Sarah Schiffling, Hanken School of Economics; Liz Breen, University of Bradford
Fighting in parts of Gaza has paused to allow young children to be vaccinated against polio.
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Politics + Society
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Steve Schifferes, City, University of London
The PM is managing expectations ahead of tough decisions in the budget in October.
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Arts + Culture
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Louis Bayman, University of Southampton
It’s a beautifully realised adaptation that’s just too nice to really scare.
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Irene Reppa, Swansea University; Siné McDougall, Bournemouth University
A beautiful building means that someone cared to do that little bit extra, which can be meaningful for its inhabitants.
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Hannah Osborne, University of East Anglia
I invite you to sample four tasty literary courses that present, for your delectation, the trials and travails of post-war Japanese women.
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Health
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Timothy Whitehead, Aston University
Many of the 80 million wheelchair users worldwide will never have had a chance to play wheelchair sports. My research seeks to change that.
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Megan Grace, University of Stirling
Diary entries revealed people’s strong appreciation of Scotland’s freshwater environments.
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Hazel Flight, Edge Hill University
The latest TikTok wellness trend could be good for you but might prove difficult to swallow.
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Science + Technology
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Timothy Whitehead, Aston University
Many of the 80 million wheelchair users worldwide will never have had a chance to play wheelchair sports. My research seeks to change that.
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Martin D. Suttle, The Open University
Asteroids aren’t supposed to emit gas when they get close to the Sun in the way that comets do, but Phaethon didn’t get the memo.
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3 - 4 September 2024
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Portsmouth
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9 - 11 September 2024
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Hull
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10 September 2024
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Oxford
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