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It starts with a basic conversation about their needs and fears.
A new study found playing with ultra-thin dolls could make young girls want a thinner body.
It is often assumed that patrimonial beliefs fuel electoral malpractice whereas civic ones challenge it, but this is an oversimplification.
A transcript of episode 4 of The Conversation Weekly podcast. Including a story on how scientists are speeding up the hunt for dark matter.
Plus new research finds a way to speed up the search for dark matter. Listen to episode 4 of The Conversation Weekly.
Un estudio revela que estamos más interesados en la música de nuestra juventud, no porque pensemos que es mejor que la música de otras épocas, sino porque está íntimamente ligada a nuestros recuerdos personales.
When headaches strike, many people reach for a painkiller. Probing the reasons behind the pain is often a better idea.
Nearly 700 species of flightless mammal could be barred entry to cooler habitats due to national borders by 2070.
Memories are closely linked with music.
English and Welsh governments are consulting the public about whether they should revoke temporary abortion rules.
The Arctic is particularly vulnerable to climate change, but efforts to tackle it risk alienating the people who live there.
Their crucial contribution to anti-appeasement remains unrecognised, but LGBT+ History Month provides an ideal opportunity to acknowledge this brave group of MPs.
Rather than putting on a ‘brave face’, parents might be better putting on a ‘brave voice’ to conceal their emotions.
Des recherches suggèrent que les gens se disant médiums ou « voyants » ont une propension aux expériences hallucinatoires.
Glaciers support a unique community of plants, many of which are found nowhere else.
Research suggests mediums possess a proclivity for hallucinatory experiences.
Our research shows dire wolves lived in the tropics not the Arctic, and were not especially close relatives of the grey wolf.
These results might lead us to revise our understanding of how galaxies stop forming their stars.
The first amendment could not have anticipated the rise of digital media which has profoundly changed the nature of public speech.
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Professor of Psychology, Durham University
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Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University, Durham University
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Professor of Law, Durham University
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Senior Research Fellow in Disruptive Technologies, Space/Environmental Ethics, Visual ethnographer, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Professor in High Medieval History, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Professor of International Political Theory, Durham University
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Professor in Development and Conflict, Durham University
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Associate Professor of Physics, Durham University
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Durham University
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Professor of Philosophy, Durham University
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Professor of extragalactic astrophysics (dark matter and cosmology), Durham University
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Associate Professsor, Department of Psychology, Durham University
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Principal of South College, Durham University
