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If you gave up sugar as part of a new-year health regime, you probably cleared your cupboards of chocolate, cakes and biscuits. But what about wine? A new report suggests that just two glasses of the stuff can contain enough sugar to meet the maximum recommended daily intake level – more than a glazed doughnut.
And it gets worse. Beer and cider can contain even more sugar per serving than wine, and in some cases almost as much as sugary cocktails. James Brown argues that the UK’s tax on sugary drinks should be altered to target alcoholic ones as well. But new evidence suggests banning promotions could be even more effective than the sugar levy.
Meanwhile, we also learn about Nasa’s plans to bring the International Space Station crashing back down to Earth, and how your relationship with your colleagues can affect your home life (and vice versa).
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Rachael Jolley
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James Brown, Aston University
Alcoholic drinks have high levels of sugar that could be driving up people’s weight.
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The end of an era.
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Heather Muir, University of Cambridge
The plans to destroy a space station as large as the ISS have never been carried out before.
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Yasin Rofcanin, University of Bath; Jakob Stollberger, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Mireia Las Heras, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra)
Getting on well with your work mates will improve your domestic partnership.
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Health
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Christian Yates, University of Bath
Removing ways of tracking and preventing the spread of COVID will lead to more disruption and ill health.
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Wisdom Dogbe, University of Aberdeen; Cesar Revoredo-Giha, Scotland's Rural College
New research shows that a ban on aggressive hi-vis promotion of sugary drinks could be far more successful in reducing consumption than a sugar tax.
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Lisa O'halloran, Nottingham Trent University
Some reports suggest around 24% of Olympians and Paralympians suffer with poor mental health after the Games.
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Environment
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Chris McMahon, University of Bristol
The principles of the low-tech movement offer a solution to overconsumption and rising emissions.
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Hannah Cloke, University of Reading
Scientists have unimaginably more powerful supercomputers than their predecessors.
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Hayley J. Fowler, Newcastle University; Colin Manning, Newcastle University
Sting jets are poorly understood, but could have a big influence on Britain’s future winter storms.
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Arts + Culture
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Marion Thain, King's College London
‘Attention snacking’ may help keep us alert.
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Erika Hughes, University of Portsmouth; Anna Hájková, University of Warwick
For the first time, the testimony of a 94-year-old Holocaust survivor tells the story of life and love in the camps as a young lesbian woman.
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Science + Technology
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Graeme Shannon, Bangor University
We showed for the first time that social disruption and trauma - such as culling of older elephants - has a lasting impact on the behaviour of African elephants.
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Politics + Society
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Peter Bloom, University of Essex
The language around former UK deputy prime minister’s promotion was very telling.
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