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The 35 shortlisted structures from around the world showcase engineering ingenuity and big ideas for making construction more sustainable.
Theatre has now been fully instrumentalised by the Russian state in line with its new patriotic cultural policy.
Tandem solar cells promise to revolutionise the clean energy transition – but a shortage of materials means they must urgently be redesigned.
Developers can make up for natural habitat loss themselves or pay a restoration fee to the government.
They used to fight the state and now want to be part of society – but after demobilisation, thousands of former Farc guerrillas face violence and displacement
PCOS is thought to affect 20% of women worldwide.
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Wars are no longer fought in the trenches, they’re fought in the streets and civilians are on the frontline.
Francis I’s message seemed to unwittingly echo some of Vladimir Putin’s historical justifications for invading Ukraine.
When big cats are around, they leave big clues behind them.
Las aves que habitan en las ciudades tienden a ser más pequeñas y sufren un mayor daño celular que aquellas que viven en los bosques. Un reciente estudio demuestra que, además, los carboneros urbanos presentan una coloración más apagada.
The first ‘climate-smart’ sovereign credit rating shows 59 nations will have lower ratings before 2030 without emissions cuts.
Almost one in three teen mothers do not return to school. Cash incentives help get them back, but affordable day-care is essential too.
People refuse to believe the videos of sun bears at Huangzhou zoo are real bears .
South Africa’s legal commercial lion industry is helping to act as a cover for the illegal international big cat bone trade.
Algunas zonas de Argentina y los Andes chilenos registraron algunas de las temperaturas más altas jamás registradas.
Parts of Argentina and the Chilean Andes experienced some of their highest temperatures on record.
From new writing on art to books on how the world got to where is politically and environmentally.
Research into swarming in nature is transforming healthcare, gambling and the military.
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Director of the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford
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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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Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiology, University of Oxford
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Researcher in Music, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor in Climate Change Biology, 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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DPhil Candidate, Faculty of History, 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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Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
