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It’s not just a matter of numbers: asylum seekers need houses where they can feel at home.
But will the rigs stop pumping?
The search goliath has spent over $5bn on everything from driverless cars to smart contact lenses in the past three years. The UK tax hounds must be delighted.
The Empire didn’t see X-wings firing proton torpedos into an exhaust port as a problem. Perhaps they’d have benefited from better systems analysis.
Researchers find the government’s work capability assessment programme is having a big impact. But not a positive one.
David Cameron has said the number of people sleeping rough has gone down under the coalition. That isn’t backed up by the evidence.
The Green Party says fuel poverty is causing a high number of winter deaths due to people living in the cold. Are they right?
The New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 was one of the greatest expos the world had ever seen. Visitors to Flushing Meadow Park in Queens were invited to see the “world of tomorrow” giving them a first glimpse…
Housing tends to be seen as a human right, but here’s something to make you pause this winter: very few countries give homeless people any entitlement to emergency shelter. Scotland goes further and gives…
Cardiovascular disease (CVD), the catch-all term for diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels – including heart attack and stroke – is the leading global killer. And bad heart health can lead to…
Telescopes have come a long way since the days when they were all about lone astronomers watching the night sky through their upstairs windows. Today teams of astrophysicists build and use much more modern…
The human sex ratio, which is usually defined in terms of the number of males per 100 females, varies greatly between countries and regions. The biological norm is for the sex ratio at birth to be about…
Cardiovascular disease, which includes heart disease and stroke, is the biggest killer in Europe. However, a study published in European Heart Journal shows how different the picture can look across individual…
Energy prices are rising, and it hasn’t gone unnoticed that the profits of the handful of large energy supply companies are rising too. While it can be argued that there is no direct causal relationship…
Poverty and affluence are two sides of the same coin. One would not exist without the other – and both can be found concentrated in areas of extremes. And yet, when trying to create a better social mix…
The human body operates at an average internal temperature of 37°C, give or take various fluctuations during the day. But too much or too little external heat can exacerbate certain health conditions…
Some years ago New Yorker magazine printed a cartoon showing a group of high society ladies enjoying an afternoon cup of tea. One lady turns to her neighbour and says, “I don’t know why I don’t care about…
Water ice is the most abundant solid material in the universe. Much of it was created as the byproduct of star formation, but not all. John Bradley of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and his team…
The biggest names in internet retail appear to be dramatically stepping up efforts to make delivering your online orders, fast, reliable and extremely hi-tech. But in a week in which Amazon talked up its…
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Professor of Physics, Heriot-Watt University
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Assistant Professor, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, The Lyell Centre, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Real Estate, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Energy and Buildings, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Physics, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Urban Studies, Heriot-Watt University
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Provost and Vice Principal of Heriot-Watt University in Dubai, Heriot-Watt University
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Heriot-Watt University
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Assistant Professor, Research Methods, School of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University
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Assistant Professor in Textile Design, School of Textiles and Design, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Physics, Heriot-Watt University
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Associate Professor of Work and Employment, Heriot-Watt University
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Associate Professor in Sustainable Development, Heriot-Watt University
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Assistant Professor, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Psychology, The National Robotarium, Heriot-Watt University
