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With everything else going on right now, you’d be forgiven for not thinking particularly hard about the census. But tomorrow is the big day in the UK and our experts are really hoping people will remember to take part.
The census happens once a decade and records where everyone in the UK is on a particular night of the year. That information is then used to make important decisions about funding. Danny Dorling writes here about why conducting this exercise during the pandemic is vitally important for the UK’s post-COVID recovery – even if Scotland has delayed. And Richard Harris explains what happens to data once the form has been filled in.
One of our younger readers, six-year-old Valentina, has asked why elephants have tusks in our more recent edition of Curious Kids. I must confess I didn’t know but a zoologist was on hand to give us the lowdown on what actually turn out to be elongated incisors.
Also this weekend, the legacy of musician Bunny Wailer, the welcome arrival of the spring equinox and an important discussion about women’s freedom and safety.
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Laura Hood
Politics Editor, Assistant Editor
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The 2021 census will help show the changes wrought by a year of COVID-19.
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Danny Dorling, University of Oxford
Because of the pandemic, we know less about the shape and size of our society than we have for decades.
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Richard Harris, University of Bristol
Who can see your information and why is it important to take part?
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Tim – one of the last big tusker elephants – died last year at the age of 50, in Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
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Graeme Shannon, Bangor University
Elephants use their giant incisors to dig holes, impress rivals and rest weary trunks. But as so many continue to be killed for their ivory, he question is whether they are destined to be tuskless.
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Bunny Wailer performing in Las Vegas in 2016.
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Les Johnson, Birmingham City University
The last original Wailer may have died, but the musician's lasting influence on music is clear
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Sunset.
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Osnat Katz, UCL
On the March equinox, everywhere in the world has more sunlight than darkness.
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Missing poster for Sarah Everard in London, who was last spotted walking from Clapham Junction towards Brixton.
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Hannah Bows, Durham University
Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick has reminded the public of low abduction statistics, but instances of sexual misconduct in public are still alarmingly high
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Megan Clement, The Conversation
The European Medicines Agency has said the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is not associated with an increased overall risk of developing blood clots.
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Vittorio Bufacchi, University College Cork
COVID-19 requires us to make ethical decisions like Ancient Greeks and Romans.
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Andrew Moore, Anglia Ruskin University; Adrian Winckles, Anglia Ruskin University
You may have video gamers and binge watchers to blame when your internet's on the blink.
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Dawn Branley-Bell, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Whatever it is that triggers you, the goal is to find the balance between using the news to stay informed and not becoming overwhelmed.
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Deepa Senapathi, University of Reading
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