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Repatriation of cultural heritage is being debated at a time of mass migration – is heritage more important to countries that increasingly cannot be defined by their populations?
Using a robotic video camera to digitally recreate a crime scene could give juries greater insight without the logistical nightmare and potential bias of a physical visit.
It may be politically convenient, but the ban by some French cities on the burkini bathing assumes all Muslim women view covered clothing in the same way.
The restaurant chain is facing a boycott for shopping illegal workers to the authorities. But is that really fair?
Emergency laws can sometimes be the biggest threat to a state and its people.
Feel-good fudges designed to boost staff morale are giving way to tangible projects which can be reported to shareholders.
A weak pound might be good for exports but it is bad news for the investment that the economy is based on.
Vast reserves of crucial helium have been found in Tanzania. Here’s how the scientists did it.
In our modern understanding of terror, Islamic extremism seems to trump everything else. This is a mistake.
Eight years to the day after she conceded defeat to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton cemented her triumph over Bernie Sanders.
More pupils in Ghana, Malawi and South Africa are taking smartphones to school. These can be useful learning tools – or terrible distractions.
There is a stronger public interest in privacy than in revealing salacious showbiz title-tattle, no matter what the papers say.
Given the global commitment to conserve biodiversity in the face of climate change, it is important to understand how biodiversity arises in the first place – and how it is maintained.
New breakthrough in how to test proteins linked to touch and movement could have major implications for strokes, diabetes, spinal injuries and much more.
Over 8,500 were killed in the 2015 Nepal earthquake, so how is the country coping?
Women over 60 are being killed in their own homes - but little more is known about these crimes.
A UN committee has agreed with the science underpinning Falklands boundary claims, but without solving the sovereignty issue the dispute is no closer to a solution.
The government’s crisis management committee sounds as if it can strike fast and effectively.
Most people will be disgusted at attempts by the Brexit lobby to use the terror attacks for their own political ends.
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Professor of Psychology, Durham University
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Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University, Durham University
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Professor of Law, Durham University
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Senior Research Fellow in Disruptive Technologies, Space/Environmental Ethics, Visual ethnographer, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Professor in High Medieval History, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Professor of International Political Theory, Durham University
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Professor in Development and Conflict, Durham University
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Associate Professor of Physics, Durham University
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Durham University
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Professor of Philosophy, Durham University
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Professor of extragalactic astrophysics (dark matter and cosmology), Durham University
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Associate Professsor, Department of Psychology, Durham University
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Principal of South College, Durham University
