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That pre-sleep herbal tea may be doing many people a lot of good.
Recent reports of the presence of Sikh extremists in Canada have put both the prime minister and the federal leader of the NDP party on the defensive about their positions.
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An audio version of an in depth article on the story of how the nerve agent used in an attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal was developed.
A long read on how nerve agents were developed – and used in an attack on a former Russian spy on the streets of Salisbury.
We must develop the capability to meet our computing needs while using much less power and producing negligible heat waste.
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This episode is all about bitcoin. Will it be the currency of the future? Who’s trying to capitalise on the legal loopholes of cryptocurrencies? And is it possible to make mining them more green.
Canada has committed to cutting GHG emissions 30 per cent by 2030 from 2005 levels. Can Canada’s oil capital lead the charge? New research shows it’s within reach with bold actions on several fronts.
What should the UK do with foreign jihadis who return home?
The Government wants to crackdown on the high number of students being awarded first class or 2.1 degrees by universities.
Those on low incomes get less back from home improvement schemes than they pay in government charges.
Theresa May is under pressure to tackle tuition fees after Labour’s pledge to scrap them was highlighted as a key issue for young voters.
The shame of incontinence and why no one wants to talk about it.
No country manages to balance sustainability with meeting basic human needs – but Vietnam comes closest.
E L James’ BDSM fantasies and Chaucer’s 14th-century story raise the same age-old questions.
Reforms to the judiciary are a threat to democracy – and that affects us all.
Half of all patients diagnosed with cancer in the UK still die of the disease.
Big data provides a rich picture of the physical city, but it won’t tell us much about the social city – that’s where agent-based modelling comes in.
Our work with the BBC’s Animals With Cameras showed one family of meerkats had excavated a huge tangle of tunnels.
How you use the word ‘shithole’ depends on your gender, which paints Trump’s latest misstep as yet another case of toxic masculinity.
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PhD Candidate, School of Geography, University of Leeds
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Postgraduate Researcher in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Television & Media Studies, University of Leeds
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Postgraduate researcher, University of Leeds
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Professor of Supply Chain Management, University of Leeds
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Professor of Global Communication, University of Leeds
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor of Zoology, University of Leeds
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
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Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Political Economy of Global Development, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Applied Ethics, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Applied Ethics, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Leeds
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Research Assistant in Human Rights, University of Leeds
