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A panel of academic experts assess Narendra Modi's victory in the final episode of our India Tomorrow series.
The pope, presidents and parents can voice their opinion on right-to-die cases, but they shouldn’t get to decide.
The discovery sheds light on how early humans evolved larger brains and the ability to eat meat.
The link between empire, inequality – and Brexit.
To ensure overall biodiversity, the intensity and impact of small-scale fisheries’ methods needs far more attention.
Employee-owned businesses benefit from boosted productivity, profitability, and staff morale. So why are they so rare?
Sightings of big cats in India’s backyards are only set to grow as climate change breaks down the boundaries between humans and animals.
The antibiotic crisis must be viewed through a different lens.
Nation-wide climate legislation would not only help reduce our carbon emissions, but also boost economic growth.
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Part six of The Anthill podcast's India Tomorrow series focuses on the concerns of young Indians.
This is a transcript of part 6 of India Tomorrow, focusing on India’s huge population of young people.
Simply giving the Commonwealth more power won’t fix the Murray-Darling Basin crisis.
Athlete Caster Semenya will need to take hormone-lowering agents, or have surgery, if she wishes to continue her career in her chosen events. But the decision to ban her is flawed on many grounds.
Leaving your car running will marginally increase CO2 emissions, but it may massively reduce exposure to the toxic gases and particulates that are shortening thousands of lives.
The quickest and simplest solution seems to be installing a new leader – someone with nerve, daring and, of course, charisma.
Evidence for the benefits of empathy in healthcare is mounting.
Rift Valley Fever infects millions of humans and livestock in Africa and Arabia. To fight it, scientists are developing a first of its kind vaccine that can be used on humans and animals.
The coercive Christian rule under which Notre Dame was sanctioned drove a wide exploitation of nature. Let it stand as a reminder of our environmental sins and a call to action.
This is transcript of part four of the India Tomorrow series from The Anthill podcast, on women and gender politics in India.
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Departmental Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Oxford
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Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration, University of Oxford
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Career Development Fellow in Engineering, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiology, University of Oxford
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Senior Researcher in Economics, University of Oxford
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Global Head of Wildlife Research, World Animal Protection, and Visiting Researcher, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Research assistant, Empire, Migration and Belonging, University of Oxford
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Heritage Partnerships Coordinator, University of Oxford
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Professor of Climate Science, University of Oxford
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Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
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Doctoral Researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
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Stipendiary Lecturer in Biology, University of Oxford
