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When flights are overbooked, airlines move some lucky people from economy to business class. I always thought I’d grow up to be the sort of guy who got upgraded – someone you can trust in the front of a plane.
I’m still waiting.
After reading new analysis by Oxford academic Milan Klöwer, I may just give up the dream entirely. Klöwer researches simple things airlines could do to massively reduce their emissions, right now, without waiting for miracle fuels or electric planes. His most eye-catching finding? Scrapping business class altogether could dramatically cut emissions per passenger mile.
His argument is simple: fuller planes mean fewer flights. This is why budget airlines often outperform their fancier rivals on carbon efficiency. And it’s why my long-imagined upgrade would come with a downgrade for the climate.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor last week became the latest in a long line of royals to be arrested. Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer, a historian at the University of Bristol, looks at a practice that was fairly common throughout English history – until the past three centuries.
At least the remaining royals have fairly AI-proof jobs, right? After all, AI is coming for my job – and perhaps yours too. But Abigail Marks, a professor of the future of work at Newcastle University, says this fear of replacement is already damaging worker wellbeing – before any actual mass unemployment. She looks at how to combat AI-anxiety in the workplace.
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Will de Freitas
Environment + Energy Editor
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Milan Klöwer, University of Oxford
Huge efficiency gains are available to airlines, without any new technologies – new study.
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(L-R) Sophia Dorothea of Celle, King Charles I, the Princes in the Tower, and Elizabeth I.
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Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer, University of Bristol
Often it was family members calling for arrest over fears of succession.
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Abigail Marks, Newcastle University
Technology is not the boss. We can decide how to use it.
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World
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Raul Zepeda Gil, King's College London
The killing of the Jalisco New Generation cartel’s leader is likely to spark a wave violence.
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Politics + Society
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Robert Hazell, UCL
The offence Mountbatten-Windsor is being investigated for – misconduct in public office – is famously vague and complex.
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Edmund Kelly, University of Oxford
After a certain point, our trust is fairly stable, so there could be a link between our formative experiences and our feelings about politics.
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Felia Allum, University of Bath
Tougher fines for possession don’t solve the problems that enable gangs to move in to cities like Marseille.
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Arts + Culture
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Alice Pember, University of Warwick
The Moment is a semi-fictionalised mockumentary account of the post Brat summer comedown.
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Morag Rose, University of Liverpool
Walking together can be a powerful way to feel a sense of belonging in our environment.
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Business and Economy
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Aishwarya Viswamitra, De Montfort University
Endometriosis is common and often invisible. Delayed diagnosis, stigma and inflexible systems leave many struggling without recognition or support.
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Environment
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Samuel Finnerty, Lancaster University
Researchers said they tried to manage how their activism was perceived by clarifying their expertise and acting alongside other scientists.
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Health
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Kevin O'Gallagher, King's College London
Wearables can be helpful in understanding whether the lifestyle changes you’ve made are having a measurable effect on your heart health.
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Daniel Kelly, Sheffield Hallam University
Shilajit has been used for thousands of years in Ayurvedic medicine, but are modern proponents right to claim that it raises testosterone levels?
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Chloe Casey, Bournemouth University
Our research found that teenagers who consumed high amounts of sugary drinks had 34% higher odds of being diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.
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Science + Technology
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Kevin Olsen, University of Oxford
Analysis of a rock examined by the Curiosity rover reveals an abundance of organic matter.
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Martin B. Richards, University of Huddersfield; Maria Pala, University of Huddersfield
The migration into Britain had its origins in the prehistoric wetlands of Belgium and the Netherlands.
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