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    Jan 6, 2025
    We've paused our account on x.com for the time being. The best way to stay in touch with us is to sign-up for our daily email: theconversation.com/uk/newsletters You can find us on these networks too: BlueSky : bsky.app/profile/uk.the… Mastodon: newsie.social/@TheConversati…
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    Oct 12, 2018
    How Korean popstars #BTS became a social force by fighting for social rights bit.ly/2QGDACw
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    Feb 3, 2020
    Victorian poet Michael Field was nominated as poet laureate: then it was discovered he was actually two lesbians writing under a pseudonym. Literature academic @drsarahparker explains. bit.ly/36StRkz
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    Oct 31, 2017
    Self-determination is legal under international law – it's hypocritical to argue otherwise for Catalonia bit.ly/2hqf2ib
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    May 25, 2021
    42 years ago, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was published (a rather significant number for those who have read it). Douglas Adams identified "42" as the answer to life, the universe and everything. A great science fiction writer. #thehitchikersguide #TowelDay
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    Jun 18, 2018
    Gaming addiction listed as a mental health condition for the first time by the World Health Organization. Evidence shows that gaming addiction is best viewed as a coping mechanism associated with underlying problems such as anxiety or depression. bit.ly/2JVv13W
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    Oct 14, 2019
    Animals are disappearing from forests, with grave consequences for the fight against climate breakdown – new research bit.ly/2MHAsGe
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    Jul 26, 2020
    Red capital: how Chinese companies wield political influence in Hong Kong bit.ly/3eYhrLZ
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    Oct 8, 2020
    China's Hong Kong security law makes what academics and students from Hong Kong and mainland China say or write particularly risky. It threatens academic integrity and universities as places where debate and freedom of expression are crucial. bit.ly/3nvueuM
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    Jan 1, 2023
    It has been over a decade since a student was enrolled in a botany degree in the UK. Experts believe there has been a gradual erosion of knowledge about plants among biology graduates and the general public as a result.
    Botanists are disappearing – just when the world needs them most
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    Nov 3, 2018
    Fossil hunter Mary Anning didn't get the recognition she deserved during her lifetime. Now her home town wants to raise a statue in her honour. bit.ly/2Pz0XkK
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    Dec 29, 2019
    Analysis of 1,000 news articles and editorials from 2006 and 2013 shows that UK newspapers have systematically ignored the evidence to influence the public against EU migrants. bit.ly/2EFu0gk
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    Nov 17, 2020
    "What is clear is that the current global political climate has provided the perfect storm for Beijing to … impose a totalitarian system in Hong Kong." So how will the incoming Biden administration deal with Beijing over its treatment of Hong Kong? bit.ly/35AJQq0
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    Mar 25, 2020
    Social distancing is impossible in much of Africa, and its economic consequences may lead to a famine that is worse than the #coronavirus pandemic. So what then? Two researchers explain. bit.ly/2vI8pC2