Realising the silence of outer space was what made us appreciate our precarious position down on this pale blue dot – so beginning our obsession with extinction.
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The British nuclear weapon tests on Kiritimati (or Christmas) Island had profound and lasting cultural consequences for both atomic veterans and local islanders.
We are living through the latest battle in a 300-year long ideological war over the meaning of humanity itself.
It’s time race equality was practised in the academy, not just preached.
Far from being a technical, commercial instrument, money can be a social and political construct that has immense radical potential.
The process of radicalisation is a complex system that cannot be reduced to the brain, behaviour, or environment. It exists at the intersection of all these elements.
Why radical changes to society are needed if we are to escape environmental disaster.
Evidence for the benefits of empathy in healthcare is mounting.
Developing breakthroughs takes time. So why rush explaining them?
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Professor of Modern History, University of Bristol
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Professor of Social History, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of Winchester
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Emeritus Professor in Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Work, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Sustainable Development and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), University of Surrey
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Professor of Psychology in Epidemiology, UCL
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Professor Emeritus of Molecular Neurobiology at the University of Manchester and a Visiting Professorial Fellow, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Neurology, UCL
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Professor of Sociology, University of York
