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We often underestimate dangerous risks because they are slow or we think we are in more control of them than we actually are.
Natural disaster is a misnomer. Disasters occur due to societal failures, not nature.
A wider understanding of cultural values will be crucial to the successful implementation of contact-tracing technology across the world.
We believe fitness trackers keep us healthy, and connected toys keep children safe – but such devices are easily abused.
Pengadilan di Belanda memutuskan perusahaan raksasa minyak harus memotong emisi hingga 45%.
Non-specific illnesses, such as headache and fatigue, are common, as are mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety.
Consciousness is sometimes referred to as ‘the ghost’ in the machinery of our brain. Is it time we gave up the ghost to focus on the machine?
Oil giant must cut its emissions by 45%, a Dutch court has ruled.
Why do groups of knowledgable people sometimes all make the same flawed decisions?
Even this radical scenario wouldn’t be as effective as it may first seem.
From discriminatory land-use policies to evictions and demolitions, urban planning has long been weaponised against the Palestinian people
A total lunar eclipse will be visible from parts of Australia, Asia and the western parts of North and South America on May 26.
After the Chinese Zhurong’s successful landing, we look at the previous Mars missions that have tried, and sometimes failed.
Happiness is different for everyone in ways that scientists don’t understand – yet.
Sixteen countries authorised the use of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine before phase 3 clinical trial results were published.
EU trade partnership is more important to some African countries than regional or continental trade.
Las luchas internas en la política palestina han contribuido a crear tensiones, mientras los graves enfrentamientos entre árabes y judíos en ciudades mixtas de Israel se recrudecen.
Factional infighting within Palestinian politics has played a part in building tensions.
¿Un futuro de calor y conflictos o el mejor momento de la humanidad? Nuestra respuesta actual al cambio climático definirá el siglo XXI.
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Chair of Academic Clinical Orthopaedics, UCL
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Lecturer in Law, UCL
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Emeritus Professor, Institute of Education, UCL
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Head of Digital Economy Research, UCL
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Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value and Founding Director of the UCL IIPP, UCL
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Honourary Lecturer, Department of History, UCL
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Professor of Housing and Planning, The Bartlett School of Planning, Faculty of the Built Environment, UCL
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Associate Professor in Social Science, UCL
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Associate Professor (Reader) in Finance and Accounting, UCL
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Researcher, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, UCL
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Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Teachers and Teaching Research, UCL
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Professor of Public Policy, UCL
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Senior Clinical Psychologist, UCL
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Visiting Professor of Practice at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, UCL
