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If you think you’ve had a bad day at work, spare a thought for BBC journalists, who this week have lost both their director general and CEO of news, and are now facing the prospect of a US$1 billion (with a B) lawsuit from Donald Trump.
Trump has a history of suing US media organisations that he thinks have been unfair to him, and coming away with large settlements. Will a case against a British organisation play out any differently? Legal expert Rebecca Moosavian explains the hurdles Trump would face in proving the BBC has defamed him. But, she explains, even just the threat of legal action is a win for the US president – and another blow to the BBC.
String theory, which many physicists are hoping could be the much-coveted theory of everything, is remarkably hard to test. Even the biggest particle colliders at Cern in Switzerland don’t have enough energy to break particles down into strings. Luckily, there may be other ways to help verify the theory – particularly through cosmological measurements.
Plus, while exercise might not be the key to helping you lose weight, a new study has raised the possibility it could not only help you preserve muscle mass as you drop the pounds, but actually enhance characteristics linked to healthier ageing.
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Avery Anapol
Commissioning Editor, Politics + Society
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Rebecca Moosavian, University of Leeds
Trump must meet set requirements to prove that the footage was actually defamatory.
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Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Adam Ginsburg (University of Florida), Nazar Budaiev (University of Florida), Taehwa Yoo (University of Florida); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
Marika Taylor, University of Birmingham
The universe appears to expand in a way that is consistent with string theory.
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Muscle plays many important roles in our health – so preserving it while losing weight is key.
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Jose L Areta, Liverpool John Moores University
A new study has highlighted how remarkably resilient human muscle is.
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Health
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Henry Chung, University of Essex; Charlotte Gowers, Anglia Ruskin University
Understanding your ‘biological age’ can help you live longer.
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Dipa Kamdar, Kingston University
Garlic may help lower blood pressure and cholesterol and support healthier arteries.
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Molly Sheila Harbor, University of Reading
Between 2-7% of people suffer with emetophobia.
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Environment
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Hala Al-Hamawi, Nottingham Trent University
The region faces some of most acute challenges, including rising temperatures, water scarcity and conflict. Yet it receives such a small share of climate finance.
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Natalie Pollard, University of Exeter
How activists and artists across the world are challenging popular, generalised climate memes, such as those of melting and sinking.
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Science + Technology
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Carsten P Welsch, University of Liverpool
The device could yield intense X-rays which are usually produced in huge facilities.
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Education
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David Yates, University of Sheffield
International student fees have become a vital part of many universities’ income.
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Business + Economy
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Matthew Allen, University of Salford
Innovation thrives on collaboration and trust acros borders – tariffs undermine this.
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Elena Papagiannaki, Edinburgh Napier University
It’s part of a global trend towards longer hours as wages can’t keep pace with inflation.
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Arts + Culture
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Eleanor Dobson, University of Birmingham
Irreversible damage was done to the pharaoh’s body.
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Alison Hess, University of Westminster
The Storehouse is an access-all-areas experience of the V&A collection, offering a visitors a more intimate experience of artefacts.
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Andrew Dix, Loughborough University
This adaptation dials down the political intrigue and ramps up the action.
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Natalie Pollard, University of Exeter
How activists and artists across the world are challenging popular, generalised climate memes, such as those of melting and sinking.
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Politics + Society
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Laura Smith, University of Liverpool
Interfaith couples are still making concessions for their safety in similar ways Cushla and Michael do in Trespasses.
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World
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William Plowright, Durham University
Ahmed al-Sharaa has become the first Syrian leader in history to be invited to the White House.
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