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Figures published today make for sobering reading for everyone currently running for election. Their standing among the general public has taken another dive.
John Curtice reveals that 45% of respondents to this year’s British Social Attitudes survey think that politicians “almost never” put the British people before their party political interests and the vast majority think the nation’s system of government needs a great deal of work.
And even though Brexit is almost entirely absent from this campaign so far, it plays a big part in why people feel this way, as Curtice explains.
Following the sad death of Michael Mosley over the weekend, our health desk is paying tribute to the inventor of the 5:2 diet with a look at what it takes to radically experiment with your body in the name of science.
And in good environmental news, the last ozone-layer damaging chemicals to be phased out in a series of international bans are finally decreasing in the atmosphere.
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John Curtice, National Centre for Social Research
More than half of people now support electoral reform.
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Dr Michael Mosley conducted many self-experiments during his career.
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Dan Baumgardt, University of Bristol
Dr Michael Mosley was one of the latest and greatest in a long line of self-experimenting pioneers.
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The high-altitude AGAGE Jungfraujoch station in Switzerland is used to take measurements of Earth’s atmosphere.
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Luke Western, University of Bristol
HCFCs were a temporary replacement for CFCs, the initial subject of the 1987 Montreal protocol.
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Politics + Society
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Kate Hamblin, University of Sheffield; Catherine Needham, University of Birmingham
The Lib Dem manifesto addresses many of the key areas in social care that need reform. But it doesn’t say how the party would pay for them.
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Mia Gray, University of Cambridge; Anna Barford, University of Cambridge
Austerity Britain has translated into worse lives for many people: tougher working conditions, minimal statutory services and a retraction of the local state at a time when people need it.
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Steven Buckley, City, University of London
It is impossible for politicians to use TikTok for necessary, nuanced discussion around important policy proposals.
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Alistair Clark, Newcastle University
Spending a lot on elections isn’t a bad thing in itself. But when voter confidence is so low, there should be complete transparency around the costs involved.
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Health
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Emily Spencer, Edinburgh Napier University
A mouse-model study shows how the smell of menthol can reduce inflammation in the part of the brain associated with memory.
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Dan Baumgardt, University of Bristol
It isn’t just powerlifters who are at risk of a muscle tear – they can happen to anyone.
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Whitney Fleming, Bangor University
You can choose where to look during your daily commute.
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World
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Tony Ingesson, Lund University
Who is a spy and what does that mean? An expert explains
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Natalya Chernyshova, Queen Mary University of London
The 2024 D-day commemorations sent a message of European unity but missed the opportunity to acknowledge Ukraine’s contribution to the defeat of Nazism.
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Jenni Ramone, Nottingham Trent University
Just as the novel drew attention to the whiteness of the chick-lit genre, the TV adaptation draws attention to the whiteness of chick-flicks.
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Christophe Fricker, University of Bristol
If you search for translated books all of them won’t come up in a library catalogue search.
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Education
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Beng Huat See, University of Birmingham
Some government reforms to initial teacher training appear to have actually suppressed the number of people who can be trained.
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Simon John James, Durham University
It is in education policy where the arts and creativity can make the most long-lasting beneficial change.
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Benz Kotzen, University of Greenwich
Aquaponics could help feed Martian colonies in the future and offer a sustainable food system on Earth.
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Will Hawkes, University of Exeter
Researchers have been estimating the vast numbers of insects, including many pollinators, migrating at one location in the Pyrenees. But climate change and habitat loss could affect their abundance.
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