Reading in the news - Wed 22 May

Death on turbulent flight – experts respond:

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The Telegraph, Sky News, The Guardian, The Reading Chronicle, Mirror, CBC, USA Today, Market Screener, Reuters, New York Post, AP News, i news and Daily Record mention research, led by Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology), regarding incidents of clean-air turbulence potentially increasing by 2050-2080 due to climate change. Republished by Aol., DNYUZ, CNN Travel, TIME, Yahoo! News, The Independent, Aerotime Hub, Lexington Herald Leader, Daily Mail, Accuweather, The Times of India, Heart, Smooth Radio, The Mercury News, South China Morning Post, Daily Record, Hindustan Times, Gulf News, Business Day, U.S. News, Trading View, The Hindu, RCI, ABC News, NBC News, StarTribune, SFGATE, Vancouver is Awesome, Breitbart, CP24, NewsMaxWorld, and hundreds of other outlets, such as Los Angeles Times, 9News and The Star.

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#UniForReading: our role as a civic university

• Reading Today provides coverage on the University’s Community Festival. Molli Cleaver (Community Relations Manager) is quoted.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Oxford Mail, This is Oxfrodshire, The Herald Series and BBC Radio Berkshire report on Professor Anthony Illingworth’s (Meteorology) involvement in the launch of the new EarthCARE satellite, aimed to help improve our understanding of the role clouds and aerosol particles play in climate change.

Health and Wellbeing:

• Dr Aidan Taylor (Biomedical Sciences) explains to The Independent that, despite the outbreak of cryptosporidium in Southwest waters, it is safe to swim in the rivers, due to its natural environment. Republished by Yahoo! News and Aol.

Business and Society:

• Vincenzo Raimo (International Studies & Language Institute) writes for HEPI about the evolution of UK Universities’ Internationalisation over 40 years.
• Metro, BBC Radio Berkshire and BBC Radio Oxford quote Dr Dominic Lees (Film, Theatre and Television), on why AI developers need to be careful when creating deepfakes. Republished by MSN.
• Science Alert republishes an article by The Conversation, written by Professor Steven Mithen (Archaeology), about how Neanderthal language differed from modern human language.