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Why gravitational waves from the birth of the universe are a whole different story than the waves LIGO detected.
Dressing like a Black Panther at the Super Bowl was always going to raise a few eyebrows – and that was the point.
Many onlookers were shocked when a bus blew up on a London bridge for a film stunt, but at least no one was hurt. There is a long history of serious accidents and fatalities on set.
Cycling has been on the look out for mini engines in bike frames, and it may have come up trumps. But it might be missing a trick to invigorate the sport.
Students who have traditionally struggled at GCSE are now outperforming their peers.
The EU is investigating concerns that the national government is breaching shared values as it pushes through constitutional reforms.
Missions including ExoMars, Juno and Rosetta could make some major discoveries in 2016.
Unless Cameron learns a lesson from history, the tenants of Britain’s council estates will face displacement and gentrification by stealth.
We’re in a new geological era, say scientists.
For better or for worse, various countries around the world charted a new course last year. What lies ahead for 2016?
The Anglo-Saxons can teach us plenty about sex and the labels we assign to ourselves today.
Group rewards produce cooperative, high performing groups but also, counterintuitively, the best performing individuals.
Anonymous strives to bring down IS propaganda before it reaches the masses.
Why it’s an exciting time to be a feminist.
Assembled at the cost of billions of dollars, Iraq’s army has never amounted to much – and it’s not the first foreign-built military to fail so spectacularly.
Speculating on the cause of any crash is very difficult, but several key explanations are far more likely than any others.
Enforcing the birth control policy left millions of children with no identity.
Poland has weathered the economic storm that engulfed Europe, but its centrist government has nonetheless been booted out. Why?
Dubbing Islamic supplementary schools as incubators for extremism and intolerance could be counter-productive.
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Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Leicester
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Honorary Professor, Department of Geology, University of Leicester
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Professor of History of Art and Film, University of Leicester
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Professor of Film Studies, University of Leicester
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Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester
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Professor and Director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare, University of Leicester
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Professor of Planetary Science, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Leicester
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Head of School of History Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester
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Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Leicester
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Postgraduate Researcher in Preconception Health and Genetics., University of Leicester
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester
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Professor in International Business, University of Leicester
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Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Leicester
