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Education and outreach Research update US presidential candidates receive questions on science ScienceDebate organizers hope questions will prompt a national science debate
Astroparticle physics Research update UK physics funding plans are approved Input from physics community benefits LHCb
Education and outreach Research update Seeking an African Einstein New centre for maths and computer science opens in Nigeria as part of plan to find the "next Einstein" in Africa
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