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Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris agreement on climate change for a second time has dismayed many. But he doesn’t necessarily speak for his own voters on this matter, says Oxford University anthropologist Karl Dudman.
Dudman travelled to Carteret county on the North Carolina coast, where a troubled fishing industry and poverty are more immediate concerns than the slowly rising Atlantic Ocean. Instead of stereotypical Trump voters in denial about the changing environment, he found a community with insight to offer any coalition serious about tackling the crisis.
If you made any new year’s resolutions to lose weight, improve your fitness or take up a new physical hobby, you might be missing a vital ingredient to achieving your goal – and it’s all to do with what’s going on in your brain. Plus, could rockets replace long-haul plane flights, as Elon Musk claims?
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Jack Marley
Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series
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North Carolina is still reeling from Hurricane Helene in autumn 2024.
Karl Dudman
Karl Dudman, University of Oxford
Climate change is not just about facts. It is wrong to dismiss the disengaged on the grounds that they are out of touch with reality.
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Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, University of Cambridge; Christelle Langley, University of Cambridge
If our brain health isn’t optimal, it’s hard to achieve physical fitness challenges.
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Who needs in-flight movies?
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Angadh Nanjangud, Queen Mary University of London
Trump’s return as US president could hasten the SpaceX Earth to Earth project.
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World
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Matthew Powell, University of Portsmouth
Anchor-dragging incidents in the Baltic Sea are leading to an increased naval presence.
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Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham
Both sides have good reasons for wanting to avoid a deal which freezes the frontlines where they are.
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Karin Aggestam, Lund University
The US president says he wants displaced Palestinians to be moved from Gaza to neighbouring countries, maybe for the long term.
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Arts + Culture
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Anna Sergi, University of Essex
In the violence’s worse periods there were up to two deaths on average a week.
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David Amigoni, Keele University
Life stages, ageing and creativity are important themes in Atonement.
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Martha McGill, University of Warwick
Compendium of the Occult is handsomely bound, pleasingly laid out and beautifully illustrated.
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Business + Economy
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Michael Harrison, University of East London; Mimoza Shabani, University of East London
Smaller firms struggle to get the finance they need to become greener – but new partnerships between governments and banks could be part of the solution.
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Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University
Game theory research suggests that environmental action is not all about summits.
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Education
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Neil Saunders, City St George's, University of London
Maths degrees are becoming less accessible to the people who are likely to go on to become teachers.
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Environment
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Patrick Effiong Ben, University of Manchester
None of us act in isolation – and our choices have more influence than we think.
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Health
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Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University
Why scepticism can be healthier than wellness supplements when it comes to preventing and treating cancer.
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Ritchie Williamson, University of Bradford
An anaesthesia gas could be the next big thing in treating Alzheimer’s disease.
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Dylan Thompson, University of Bath; Javier Gonzalez, University of Bath
Some experts have theorised our total daily calorie burn is limited – but research shows us otherwise.
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