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According to a report by a UN special rapporteur, “There is not one region in the world, not one historical period, that has not seen mass graves.” They are present on every inhabited continent and the number of victims they are believed to contain is staggering. Yet they are often hidden, denying families justice and peace.
Now, a team of academics from Bournemouth University is creating the world’s first open-source digital map of mass graves. In our latest Insights long read, the two experts leading the project explain how they hope it will help families find justice, and lead prosecutors to war criminals.
A recent study has found that nighttime light pollution may significantly increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, so we’ve teamed up with a neuroscientist to examine the findings.
And The Big Butterfly Count has reported its worst results in 14 years of monitoring UK species. An expert in animal ecology explains why.
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Paul Keaveny
Investigations Editor, Insights
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Crosses mark graves at a mass burial site in a forest on the outskirts of the city of Izium, Ukraine, on July 27, 2024.
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Ellie Smith, Bournemouth University; Melanie Klinkner, Bournemouth University
‘An underground map of atrocity that stretches across the planet’s surface’.
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Light pollution has been linked with numerous health problems.
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Rahul Sidhu, University of Sheffield
Light pollution was more strongly correlated with Alzheimer’s disease than some other well-known risk factors.
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Small tortoiseshell butterflies had their worst year on record.
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Lars B. Pettersson, Lund University
The Big Butterfly Count reported its worst results in 14 years of monitoring UK species.
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World
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Kristin M Bakke, UCL; Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech; John O’Loughlin, University of Colorado Boulder
Just half of survey respondents wanted to continue fighting to regain all Ukrainian territory including Crimea.
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Politics + Society
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Ivor Gaber, University of Sussex
The £100 million purchase makes Paul Marshall one of the most influential media magnates in the UK, potentially second only to Rupert Murdoch.
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Arts + Culture
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Suzanne O'Neill, Trinity College Dublin
Ovid’s Metamorphoses has several characters who become men, Kaos’s interpretation of such myths is just a bit more modern and empowering.
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Frances Fowle, The University of Edinburgh
The work of Van Gogh’s final years when he was struggling with his mental health, shimmer with life, colour and poetic expression.
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Glenn Fosbraey, University of Winchester
Linkin Park are by no means the first band to enter a second phase after the loss of their lead singer. Here are three other notable examples.
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Business + Economy
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Wasim Ahmed, University of Hull; Ronnie Das, The University of Western Australia
Does more games mean more excitement?
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Environment
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Kian Mintz-Woo, University College Cork
When scientists claim that a policy is ‘just’, they sometimes can’t or don’t explain what they actually mean.
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Health
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Adam Taylor, Lancaster University
Infections, vision changes and light sensitivity are just some of the complications caused by these procedures.
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Science + Technology
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José Parra-Moyano, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Photo editing tools could make it easier to depict events that did not happen.
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Marion Cromb, University of Southampton
If we sent objects or light towards a rotating black hole, we may be able to get energy back.
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