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Vaccines are the best protection against COVID, but their effects wane, and some people don’t respond to them. A new medicine could make up for this. AstraZeneca has developed an antibody treatment that appears to halve the risk of infected people developing severe COVID. Its effects could last 18 months.
The TV show Succession returned this week, with season 3 focusing on the fallout from the sexual abuse scandal involving Waystar Royco, the fictional media empire at the heart of the series. The plausibility of this storyline is backed up by research: companies like Waystar whose boards are hand-picked by the CEO are more likely to be involved in corporate misconduct.
And while the Bank of England has signalled that an interest rate rise is very likely, predicting its effects is difficult. The bank’s aim is to curb inflation – but the move could hit economic growth, too.
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Rob Reddick
Commissioning Editor, COVID-19
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Antibodies (light blue) binding to the spike proteins (dark purple) on the outside of the coronavirus.
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Rebecca Aicheler, Cardiff Metropolitan University
AstraZeneca’s durable monoclonal antibody treatment has shown promise in phase 3 clinical trials.
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Logan Roy, the media titan played by Brian Cox.
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Jia Liu, University of Portsmouth; Nader Atawnah, Edith Cowan University; Rashid Zaman, Edith Cowan University
When directors are hand-picked by CEOs, it’s a recipe for disaster.
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The right prescription?
Sasun Bughdaryan
Luciano Rispoli, University of Surrey
The Bank of England is weighing up the costs of a change.
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Environment + Energy
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Aled Jones, Anglia Ruskin University
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending plans may thwart the government’s proposals for reach net zero.
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Elvis Genbo Xu, University of Southern Denmark; Xiaoyu Duan, University of Southern Denmark
Researchers are uncovering how microplastic particles are carried in wind, rain and snow to remote regions of our planet.
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Peter Sutoris, SOAS, University of London
Although alternative terms have been suggested, the Anthropocene captures the magnitude of the crisis we face.
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Ran Boydell, Heriot-Watt University
The strategy is welcome, but does not go nearly far enough.
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Ewan Gibbs, University of Glasgow
How governments can ensure phasing out oil and gas won’t do more damage.
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Jack Marley, The Conversation
Listen to the third episode of a new series from The Anthill Podcast ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
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Politics + Society
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Stephen Burrell, Durham University; Nicole Westmarland, Durham University; Sandy Ruxton, Durham University
The terrible murder of a British woman is a clear example of how our behaviour at work can be linked to violence against women.
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Umut Korkut, Glasgow Caledonian University
The surprise winner of the opposition primaries does not align himself with any political party.
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Aoife Daly, University College Cork
The long-awaited ruling by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is as groundbreaking as it is disappointing. Where to next for young climate activists?
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Health + Medicine
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Duane Mellor, Aston University; James Brown, Aston University
As winter approaches, every family has a favourite cold remedy, but experts say few work.
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Science + Technology
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Harry T Dyer, University of East Anglia
In the wake of the tragic death of Sir David Amess, some politicians are calling for a law banning anonymous social media profiles. But it’s not the right way to tackle online abuse.
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Arts + Culture
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Lauren Stephenson, York St John University
A wave of new horror films leant into Tony Blair’s Asbo policy demonising young working class men, portraying them as the monsters that society should be scared of.
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