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The voices of young victims in Haiti can now be heard for the first time thanks to a groundbreaking new research project.
Julie Adams (British Museum), Jody Toroa and Kay Robin (left to right) discussing a cloak from the British Museum, collected by Lieutenant James Cook in 1769.
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Jika pemerintah konsisten pada peraturan, mengedepankan pemberdayaan dan keberpihakan pada rakyat Papua, kemungkinan pemekaran bisa menjawab sebagian masalah Papua.
A complex mix of domestic and foreign issues is putting pressure on the new government of Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
La formation et le rappel des souvenirs sont un processus complexe de synchronisation et de désynchronisation dans différentes parties du cerveau.
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Les souvenirs sont reconstitués dans notre cerveau grâce à un échange fascinant entre l'hippocampe et le néocortex. Une meilleure compréhension de ce phénomène pourrait aider à traiter la démence.
Artwork and historic footage are projected on to Berlin’s Stasi Museum as part of the 30th anniversary commemorations.
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The decision to move the Stasi files into the German national archive has sparked debate of how memories of life before reunification should be handled.
The unstable authoritarian pathway that many post-colonial African states followed was facilitated by the way in which European empires undermined democratic elements within African societies.
John Evelyn’s 1664 work ‘Sylva’ called for a mass tree planting campaign.
Forming and recalling memories is a complex system of synchronisation and desynchronisation in different parts the brain.
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham