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The Antill 7: On belief
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Four stories on belief: from the allure of cults and conspiracy theories, to the effect of trauma on faith, to the way dogma has influenced science – and if technology can actually shift our beliefs.
The region’s reserves are in very deep water and won’t be tapped into any time soon.
A look at the real causes of the teacher shortage in the wake of Lucy Kellaway quitting the FT for life as a maths teacher.
China may have more to gain from Trump’s rise than any other nation – but the risks of a miscalculation are enormous.
Using terrestrial forensic science to point the finger of blame to criminals in space will be much harder than it looks.
The government is set to increase its use of punitive security measures against individuals it can’t bring to court.
How the Article 50 judgment kicked a hornets’ nest.
Results of the first large-scale study to specifically investigate the musical features that might increase the ‘earworminess’ of a song.
Microsoft Kinect’s cheap sensors could create low-cost 3D computer models of crime scenes.
Despite persistent myths that sexual violence and harassment are rare, two recent cases – and the subsequent online response – expose their commonality.
But glossy pages filled with non-models may be a step in the right direction.
Were legs a quirk of genetic mutation rather than an evolutionary inevitability?
Women make conscious decisions every day about staying safe, but they consistently underestimate how much effort it all takes and what that means for their freedom.
Many of HG Wells’s futuristic prophecies have come true, but the one on which his heart was most set – the establishment of a world state – remains unfulfilled.
This is a big opportunity for smaller reactors that can be built quickly and cheaply.
People who are compassionate may be ‘rewarded’ by experiencing pleasure from sad music.
Grammar schools are back on the agenda in England, but they are not a go-to education policy for the 21st century.
A new documentary examines indigenous activism in Peru – calling attention to the dark side of the country’s economic boom.
Watching sport is more than just an entertaining experience. As the 2016 Olympic Games again highlighted, it can enrich and improve our lives in many more complex ways.
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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
