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Introducing Jane Austen’s Paper Trail – a new podcast from The Conversation

Introducing Jane Austen’s Paper Trail – a new podcast from The Conversation

Most of us think we know something about Jane Austen. As I began research for Jane Austen’s Paper Trail – a new podcast from The Conversation...

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Anna Walker

Almost 75,000 farmed salmon in Scotland escaped into the wild after Storm Amy – why this may cause lasting damage

Almost 75,000 farmed salmon in Scotland escaped into the wild after Storm Amy – why this may cause lasting damage

When Storm Amy battered the Scottish Highlands in early October, it tore through a salmon farm’s sea pens, releasing around 75,000 fish into open...

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William Perry

Israel is still not allowing international media back into Gaza, despite the ceasefire

Israel is still not allowing international media back into Gaza, despite the ceasefire

The world’s media are currently busy recording the tales of released Israeli hostages, freed Palestinian prisoners and their families after a...

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Colleen Murrell

Egypt peace summit showed that Donald Trump’s Gaza deal is more showbiz extravaganza than the ‘dawn of a new Middle East’

Egypt peace summit showed that Donald Trump’s Gaza deal is more showbiz extravaganza than the ‘dawn of a new Middle East’

Following the Middle East summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal has been compared in the media to the Good Friday agreement...

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David Hastings Dunn

Why some autistic people don’t speak

Why some autistic people don’t speak

Around a third of autistic people – children and adults alike – are unable to share what they want using speech. You may have heard the term “non-...

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Aimee Grant

Could further education colleges get involved with university mergers? It might help meet Keir Starmer’s education goals

Could further education colleges get involved with university mergers? It might help meet Keir Starmer’s education goals

The merger of Kent and Greenwich universities is set to produce the UK’s first “super-university”. This structure will help the universities manage...

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Chris Millward

Why it is so hard to estimate the number of victims of modern slavery in the UK

Why it is so hard to estimate the number of victims of modern slavery in the UK

How many people in the UK are victims of modern slavery? At present, we don’t actually know. There is no consensus on the answer to this question,...

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Todd Landman

Criminal psychologists are profiling a different kind of killer – environmental offenders

Criminal psychologists are profiling a different kind of killer – environmental offenders

After years of trying to understand the minds of people who hurt others, I have recently turned my attention as a criminal psychologist from...

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Julia Shaw

How the high-rise tower block came to symbolise the contradictions of modern Britain

How the high-rise tower block came to symbolise the contradictions of modern Britain

Between 2007 and 2010 Southwark council licensed 76 films to be shot on the high-rise Heygate estate in London’s Walworth area, providing a gritty...

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John Flint

The medieval folklore of Britain’s endangered wildlife ‘omens’ – from hedgehogs to nightjars

The medieval folklore of Britain’s endangered wildlife ‘omens’ – from hedgehogs to nightjars

As the seasons turn and the nights draw in, the countryside of the British Isles seems alive with omens: an owl’s screech, or a bat above the...

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Jessica Lloyd May

How this year’s Nobel winners changed the thinking on economic growth

How this year’s Nobel winners changed the thinking on economic growth

What makes some countries rich and others poor? Is there any action a country can take to improve living standards for its citizens? Economists...

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Antonio Navas

How to use AI to guide your holiday plans – by a tourism expert

How to use AI to guide your holiday plans – by a tourism expert

If you ask an AI service like ChatGPT or Google Gemini to recommend a destination for your next summer holiday, it will happily provide you with a...

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Joseph Mellors

Young people around the world are leading protests against their governments

Young people around the world are leading protests against their governments

The spate of public demonstrations against unemployment, corruption and low quality of life around the world is striking because of who is leading...

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Sanwal Hussain

We turned off moths’ sex signals – this could be the key to greener pest control

We turned off moths’ sex signals – this could be the key to greener pest control

A single “sexy” gene could help us combat one of the world’s most destructive fruit pests. By deleting the gene that lets female moths produce...

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Marie Inger Dam

Growing cocktail of medicines in world’s waterways could be fuelling antibiotic resistance

Growing cocktail of medicines in world’s waterways could be fuelling antibiotic resistance

Scientists have long been worried about the buildup of antibiotics in the environment. But in a recent study I led, we wanted to know what happens...

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April Hayes

The seven symptoms that can delay brain tumour diagnosis – and why early detection matters

The seven symptoms that can delay brain tumour diagnosis – and why early detection matters

Everyone gets headaches. Everyone misplaces their phone or forgets a name now and then. Most of the time, these moments are harmless – the result...

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Laura Standen

The cooking pot that became a symbol of Sweden’s commitment to helping Palestine

The cooking pot that became a symbol of Sweden’s commitment to helping Palestine

In the hills of the southern West Bank, a Swedish cooking pot has become a symbol of trust, resilience and forgotten solidarity. Half a century...

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Maria Småberg

How the National Trust’s art collections can shape meadow restoration

How the National Trust’s art collections can shape meadow restoration

Earlier this year I found myself stood among a sea of swaying ox-eye daises in a floodplain meadow on the Attingham estate in Shropshire, on land...

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Samuel Shaw

Diane Keaton pioneered new kinds of complex femininity on screen

Diane Keaton pioneered new kinds of complex femininity on screen

American film actress Diane Keaton, who has died aged 79, was an icon of style but also character. She challenged the boundaries and range of what...

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Jen Harvie

Does resistance training really improve your gut microbiome?

Does resistance training really improve your gut microbiome?

Lifting weights just two or three times a week can significantly change the trillions of bacteria living in your gut, and it might happen in as...

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Rosie Young

‘Sex for rent’ is illegal in the UK. Why are thousands of people still affected?

‘Sex for rent’ is illegal in the UK. Why are thousands of people still affected?

When Andrew (not his real name) lost his job during the COVID-19 pandemic, he turned to work as a courier. His days became a slog – cycling for...

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Chris Waugh

Can you catch shingles? A GP explains what people get wrong about this common virus

Can you catch shingles? A GP explains what people get wrong about this common virus

The idea that you can “catch” shingles is one of the more common misconceptions I hear from patients who arrive worried they’ve got it. Often,...

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Dan Baumgardt

Should parents allow their children to go online? All the inflammatory coverage makes the decision far harder

Should parents allow their children to go online? All the inflammatory coverage makes the decision far harder

Young teenagers on TikTok can easily access hardcore porn content, a new study has found. By creating fake accounts for 13-year-olds, researchers...

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Phil Wilkinson

Who are the women supporting Trump?

Who are the women supporting Trump?

Twenty five per cent of US voters think that the Republican party has a better plan for women’s rights than the Democrats, according to new...

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Clodagh Harrington

A Protestant candidate has added a twist to Ireland’s presidential race

A Protestant candidate has added a twist to Ireland’s presidential race

Ireland will elect a new president on October 24. But not all Irish people will get to vote. Residents of Northern Ireland are not eligible. A...

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Peter John Mcloughlin

With Riot Women, Sally Wainwright is turning menopause into punk rebellion

With Riot Women, Sally Wainwright is turning menopause into punk rebellion

Sally Wainwright’s new BBC drama Riot Women opens not with music, but with the sound of ice clinking in a glass and tonic fizzing as it’s poured...

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Beth Johnson

Black hats, cauldrons and broomsticks: the historic origins of witch iconography

Black hats, cauldrons and broomsticks: the historic origins of witch iconography

Whether they’re knocking at your door trick or treating, or hung as decorations in shop windows, witches are rife at this time of year. They’re...

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Mari Ellis Dunning

Millions will get a windfall over car finance. Research helps us understand what they’ll do with it

Millions will get a windfall over car finance. Research helps us understand what they’ll do with it

Millions of motorists across the UK could be in line for payments of around £700 after car dealers mis-sold finance to earn commission. Finance...

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Stuart Mills

Famous monkey-face ‘Dracula’ orchids are vanishing in the wild

Famous monkey-face ‘Dracula’ orchids are vanishing in the wild

They look like tiny monkeys peering out from the mist. Known to scientists as Dracula, the so-called “monkey-face orchids” have become online...

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Diogo Veríssimo

Slender-billed curlews are officially extinct – here’s why the loss of these migratory birds really matters

Slender-billed curlews are officially extinct – here’s why the loss of these migratory birds really matters

The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature...

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Esther Kettel

The UK military says Russia targets its satellites on a weekly basis. What can be done about it?

The UK military says Russia targets its satellites on a weekly basis. What can be done about it?

Russia is targeting UK space infrastructure, and in particular military satellites, on a weekly basis, according to the head of UK Space Command....

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Jessie Hamill-Stewart

The dark history of medical illustrations and the question of consent

The dark history of medical illustrations and the question of consent

They were pregnant. Some were prisoners. Others were the poorest of the poor, forgotten in death as in life. Yet dissection and depiction of their...

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Lucy E. Hyde

Wolves have returned to Denmark, and not everyone is happy about it

Wolves have returned to Denmark, and not everyone is happy about it

After centuries of near-extinction, Europe’s wolves have made a remarkable comeback. Over the past decade, wolf populations have surged, increasing...

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Kristian Kongshøj

Wild honeybees now officially listed as endangered in the EU

Wild honeybees now officially listed as endangered in the EU

You might think honeybees are thriving – after all, the honey industry is growing and its bees are well looked after by beekeepers. But not all...

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Arrigo Moro

The new archbishop of Canterbury has already made history – but she has huge challenges ahead

The new archbishop of Canterbury has already made history – but she has huge challenges ahead

Bruised by recent events, the Church of England has just entered a new era. Dame Sarah Mullally’s appointment as the first female archbishop of...

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William Crozier

Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of A Nation – this documentary can’t reconcile nostalgia with the true contemporary US

Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of A Nation – this documentary can’t reconcile nostalgia with the true contemporary US

When Jack Kerouac published On the Road in 1957, he presented the novel as the product of a single marathon writing binge. It was a method he had...

10.10.2025 4

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Michael Collins

Should you be concerned about ‘overspending’ your daily heart beats?

Should you be concerned about ‘overspending’ your daily heart beats?

Imagine if your smartwatch didn’t just tell you how many steps you’ve walked or calories you’ve burned, but how many heartbeats you’ve “spent” each...

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Tom Brownlee

Why do so many female animals live longer than males? New research

Why do so many female animals live longer than males? New research

I’ve long been fascinated by one of the most stubborn patterns in biology: males and females rarely live the same length of time. In humans, women...

10.10.2025 2

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Rob Salguero-Gomez

It’s not screen time that matters, it’s what you do and when you do it – new study

It’s not screen time that matters, it’s what you do and when you do it – new study

What if the problem with social media isn’t just how much we use it, but when? A new study suggests that scrolling and posting through the small...

10.10.2025 4

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Daniel Joinson

Donald Trump would have been an unsuitable choice for the 2025 Nobel peace prize – but he may be a more serious contender in 2026

Donald Trump would have been an unsuitable choice for the 2025 Nobel peace prize – but he may be a more serious contender in 2026

And the winner is … not Donald Trump. That the US president didn’t get his much-coveted award is probably going to be the enduring memory of the...

10.10.2025 3

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Stefan Wolff

Vitamin B3 supplement may reduce your risk of skin cancer

Vitamin B3 supplement may reduce your risk of skin cancer

A major shift is unfolding in the field of skin cancer prevention, ignited by new research showing that an everyday vitamin supplement may prevent...

10.10.2025 4

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Justin Stebbing

Curious Kids: who invented art?

Curious Kids: who invented art?

Who invented art? – Grace, aged nine, Belfast, UK Before we can answer this question, we need to think about another one: “what is art?” Art is...

10.10.2025 1

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Frances Fowle

Can friendship keep you young? Scientists say your social life might slow ageing

Can friendship keep you young? Scientists say your social life might slow ageing

I recently heard Professor Luigi Ferrucci, an expert on ageing, speak at my local university’s medical school. One line really stuck with me: “The...

10.10.2025 3

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James Goodwin

Hamas at a crossroads as the Gaza ceasefire deal comes into force

Hamas at a crossroads as the Gaza ceasefire deal comes into force

After two years of war, Israel and Hamas have agreed on the “first phase” of a US-backed peace plan for Gaza. The deal, if it holds, will involve...

10.10.2025 3

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Dale Pankhurst

India’s burgeoning financial technology sector could teach Keir Starmer something about levelling up

India’s burgeoning financial technology sector could teach Keir Starmer something about levelling up

Keir Starmer’s first visit to India was a chance to talk about trade, technology and a closer relationship. The UK prime minister said he was...

10.10.2025 2

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Thankom Arun

Millions of children face sexual violence as AI deepfakes drive surge in new cases – latest global data

Millions of children face sexual violence as AI deepfakes drive surge in new cases – latest global data

Around 5 million children across western Europe report having been raped or sexually assaulted by the age of 18, according to the latest data...

10.10.2025 1

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Deborah Fry

Why some people turn off the lights, and others don’t

Why some people turn off the lights, and others don’t

Saving energy isn’t just about keeping bills down. A new analysis of 100 existing studies across 42 countries shows that people with positive...

10.10.2025 5

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Lorraine Whitmarsh

Nobel peace prize winner Maria Corina Machado: the Venezuelan opposition leader forced into hiding after taking on Maduro

Nobel peace prize winner Maria Corina Machado: the Venezuelan opposition leader forced into hiding after taking on Maduro

Across Latin America, democracy is coming under severe pressure. Authoritarian leaders across the continent have been entrenching political power...

10.10.2025 3

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Pia Riggirozzi

Could digital currencies end banking as we know it? The future of money

Could digital currencies end banking as we know it? The future of money

Throughout history, control over money has been one of the most powerful levers of state authority. Rulers have long understood that whoever issues...

10.10.2025 2

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Rafik Omar

How a 400,000-year -old elephant skeleton solved a tantalising puzzle of early human behaviour

How a 400,000-year -old elephant skeleton solved a tantalising puzzle of early human behaviour

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after,...

10.10.2025 2

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Gerrit Dusseldorp