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How far would you be willing to go to get a like on social media? For most of us, I’m guessing the answer is “Not that far.” But some social media users will go to astonishing lengths to gain traction on platforms like TikTok, risking serious injury and even death.
From purposefully overdosing on antihistamines to eating corn on the cob with a power tool (yes, you heard that right), medic Adam Taylor gives us the lowdown on some of the most dangerous challenges. Prepare to wince.
A new report from the Children’s Commissioner for England has found that between July 2022 and June 2023, black children were four times more likely than average to be strip-searched by police. Shantey Francis, expert in youth justice, explains the other reasons why many young black people may have little faith in Britain’s justice system.
Plus, find out why scientists think the Moon might once have been covered by an ocean of molten rock.
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Katie Edwards
Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine
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Adam Taylor, Lancaster University
Social media challenges can be fun, entertaining – and deadly. Here’s what you need to know about some of the most dangerous.
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On March 18 2022, demonstrators outside Stoke Newington police station protest the treatment of Child Q, who was strip searched at her school.
Vuk Valcic / Alamy Stock Photo
Shantey Francis, Nottingham Trent University
Young Black people are over-represented through the whole justice system, from their interactions with the police to their presence in prisons.
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The similarity in composition of new and old lunar samples suggests a magma ocean covered the Moon early in its history.
Nasa/Goddard Space Flight Center
Joshua Snape, University of Manchester
The new study seems to confirm that molten magma covered the Moon’s surface shortly after its formation.
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World
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Scott Lucas, University College Dublin
What happens in the race for the White House could play an important role in what happens in the Middle East.
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Peter Han, University of Cambridge
Freedom-based unification is a provocative approach that is unlikely to elicit a positive response from the North Korean leadership.
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Clodagh Harrington, University College Cork; Alex Waddan, University of Leicester
Outside the song and dance of the Democratic convention, what really changes things are issues that the voters care about.
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Harry Bennett, University of Plymouth
This time it is Ukrainian troops that are on the offensive.
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Politics + Society
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Najmeh Hafezieh, Royal Holloway University of London; Farjam Eshraghian, University of Westminster
What we found was surprising: programmers’ worries about this technology were accompanied by excitement.
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Jennifer Grant, University of Portsmouth
Some sexual offences on public transport are often not regularly discussed or taken seriously.
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Arts + Culture
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M.J.C. Warren, University of Sheffield
It is curious that a minion on the cross is not considered a blasphemy or mockery of the crucifixion of Jesus?
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Emily Hauser, University of Exeter
In the final novel in the trilogy that started with The Silence of the Girls, Barker brings the Trojan tragedy to a haunting close – and demands justice for the wrongs of war.
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Business + Economy
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Sameer Hosany, Royal Holloway University of London
Famous people are becoming entrepreneurs rather than just being the face of big brands.
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Environment
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Dominique Rust, University of Bristol; Kieran Stanley, University of Bristol; Stephen Henne, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Factories producing non-stick coatings for cookware aren’t properly limiting emissions of one of the most potent greenhouse gases, our research suggests.
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Christopher Stevenson, University of Liverpool
Here’s how our understanding of underwater avalanches is changing.
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Jack Marley, The Conversation
Climate change is providing more fuel for violent storms – but twisters are complicated.
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Astrid Werkmeister, University of Strathclyde
The ocean is warming, providing ample fuel for destructive tornadic waterspouts.
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