Who is responsible for the Grenfell Tower fire? Finding an answer may be the hardest battle
The tangled web of responsibility for London's council estates could cloud investigations into the Grenfell Tower fire.
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Aircraft noise at night linked to high blood pressure
More reason for a quiet night.
Social media is as harmful as alcohol and drugs for millennials
Baby boomers preferred drugs and alcohol, but the younger generation are ruining their health with social media.
Cannabis isn’t the health problem – the tobacco people mix with it is
European tokers are still smoking cannabis mixed with tobacco while Americans have shifted to vaping. It's time for Europe to catch up.
Lessons for the election campaign from UK media’s role in Brexit
As the media again become a battleground in this election, what can we learn from how the Brexit campaign was covered?
Back for our future: lessons from the Crusades about peace in Syria today
A case study from the height of the Crusades in the 12th and 13th centuries illustrates that even the most brutal leaders can choose to compromise for stability.
Do you really choose what you eat – or do your gut microbes decide for you?
A new study with fruit flies suggests that we may have less free will when it comes to choosing what we eat than we like to think.
Empire 2.0 and Brexiteers’ ‘swashbuckling’ vision of Britain will raise hackles around the world
Some British people look back fondly to the days of empire. Their views aren't shared by the rest of the world.
Painting in circles and loving in triangles: the Bloomsbury Group’s queer ways of seeing
In what ways do our sexual pleasures and fantasies inform the way we see the world?
Xi meets Trump: how charisma and personality can ensure peace and prosperity
Why we can expect Xi Jinping and Donald Trump's meeting at Mar-a-Lago to be a success.
Earthworms are more important than pandas (if you want to save the planet)
We focus on large, charismatic animals at the expense of these crucial 'lowly creatures'.
IVF has little effect on health of the child
A twins study shows that children born via IVF have similar epigenetic changes compared with those born naturally.
How a UN platform to stop biodiversity loss could up its game
Biodiversity keeps declining despite lots of accumulated knowledge and numerous international and national commitments to act.
Aux Pays-Bas, Geert Wilders a déjà gagné la bataille des idées
Le soupir de soulagement poussé par l’Europe après les législatives est mal avisé : au-delà des urnes, Geert Wilders a réussi à imposer ses idées et ses thèmes dans le paysage politique néerlandais.
Brazil is relying on soldiers instead of regular police – here’s why
Brazilian state governments increasingly use the military for services they should provide themselves.
Here’s why the Murdochs’ bid for control of Sky must be referred to Ofcom
Media plurality is vital in a democracy. Full ownership of Sky would give the Murdoch family too much power.
Social media is not to blame for depression in young people
Social media use is weakly associated with depressed mood in the young, but it's not clear which way cause and effect runs.
East African hunter-gatherer research suggests the human microbiome is an ecological disaster zone
We need micro-environmentalists to fight for the cause.
Les produits laitiers sont-ils bons pour la santé ?
Sur cette question, les avis sont très tranchés. Que nous enseignent l’histoire et la science ?
Why going the extra mile at work could be a backward step
Doing well at work can often just lead to getting more work to do.
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Lecturer in Higher Education, King's College London
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Managing Director, Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, King's College London
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Professor and Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist, King's College London
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Scientific Communicator, King's College London
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Professor of Chinese Politics; Director, Lau China Institute, King's College London
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Visiting research fellow, King's College London
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Professor of Climate and Culture, King's College London
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Lecturer in Mental Health, King's College London
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Senior Lecturer in Iron Metabolism, King's College London
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PhD Student, Department of Culture, Media and the Creative Industries, King's College London
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Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Science and Security Studies, King's College London
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Visiting Professor, King's College London
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Research Fellow, King's College London
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Research Fellow at International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) and PhD Candidate, King's College London
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Professor of Psychological Medicine, King's College London