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Plant-based diets have grown in popularity in recent years, partly driven by the knowledge that meat production is exacerbating the climate crisis. An extreme form of this diet – once favoured by Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple – is fruitarianism. While there are no strict definitions of what a fruitarian diet is, one rule says that between 55% and 75% of food consumed should be raw fruit.
Fruit is undoubtedly good for you, but what happens when it comprises most of your calorie intake? And what about all that fructose? James Brown, a bioscientist and a regular on BBC and Channel 4 health programmes, is on hand to explain. Plus we hear why, if you’re looking to get into shape, you may need to exercise less than you think.
The Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie Watts, has sadly passed away. Here we reflect on how he brought a jazz sensibility to the group and gave the Stones’ their unique sound.
Local councils have slowly been replacing sodium street lights with more energy-efficient LED lights. You may not have noticed, but insects have. It’s affecting their numbers.
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Clint Witchalls
Health + Medicine Editor (UK edition)
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Selection of fruits.
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James Brown, Aston University
A fruitarian diet is a more restrictive form of veganism, and not one to be recommended.
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Adam Behr, Newcastle University
A drummer with an ability to fluidly move between genres without being showy, Charlie Watts helped shape The Rolling Stones’ sound beyond rock.
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Surveying moth caterpillars Douglas Boyes.
Douglas Boyes, Newcastle University
The increasing prevalence of white LED streetlamps spells worrying population declines for insects like moths.
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Politics + Society
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Timo A Kivimäki, University of Bath
Research on the connection between “liberal” or “caring” asylum policies and rates of crime shows that the humane treatment of refugees can have a beneficial effect on domestic security.
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Tasawar Ashraf, Glasgow Caledonian University
Vague promises to rescue certain groups of people are causing confusion.
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Arik Burakovsky, Tufts University
Another wave of COVID-19 in Russia is undermining public health and threatens economic recovery. But widespread mistrust of institutions will stymie the country’s efforts to move past the pandemic.
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Health
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Matthew Wright, Teesside University; Jonathan Taylor, Teesside University
The amount of exercise you need to do depends on your training goals.
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Nicola Roberts, Glasgow Caledonian University; Carol Ann Kelly, Edge Hill University; Lindsay Welch, University of Southampton
Nurses and healthcare workers will need more support in the longer term to deal with the considerable effect COVID-19 has had on mental health and wellbeing.
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Environment + Energy
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Xubin Zeng, University of Arizona
A new attribution study finds human-caused climate change made Europe’s July floods more likely. What about Tennessee’s flooding? An atmospheric scientist explains how scientists make the connection.
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Science + Technology
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Greg De Temmerman, Mines ParisTech
A US laboratory has announced an exciting new leap forward in nuclear fusion, but it may be several decades before we see this form of energy come to fruition.
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Tokyo 2020
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Christopher Brown, University of Hertfordshire
The Paralympics are the stage for a battle between the exclusivity of elite sport and the inclusivity the movement aims to nurture. Can the event effect true social change?
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