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A short history of research into the links between genes and intelligence.
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Just where in the brain is our ‘ego’?
Yes, it really is rocket science.
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A new study finds Muslim women in the UK live in an atmosphere of prejudice.
Because everyone’s got a book in them.
Here’s how to use maths to pull off the craziest motorbike stunt of all time.
Insecurity by design, as the FBI or UK government would have it, is pouring petrol on an already raging fire.
TEPCO, l’exploitant de la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima, n’a jamais été assuré contre le risque de tsunami. Cinq ans après la tragédie, les demandes d’indemnisations s’accumulent.
It’s true that the establishment has been shaken, but immigration isn’t the only reason voters are looking elsewhere.
The nuclear operator was nowhere near adequately covered for the disaster. And it’s not just a Japanese problem.
The ability to digest dairy products enabled humans in some parts of the world to survive and thrive.
It is a ‘modern epidemic’ – but when does healthy self-confidence become a dangerous case of me, me, me?
Eighty years ago, poor people in Britain suffered ill health as a result of eating unhealthy food, just as they do today. The only difference is, in 1936, policymakers didn’t blame the poor.
Here’s how scientists are seeking to turn the building blocks of life into the building blocks of … well, buildings.
Discussions about the government’s Prevent strategy have ended up in a pointless and unproductive deadlock.
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PhD Candidate in History, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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Research Fellow in Black Heritage, University of Cambridge
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Newton International Fellow, University of Cambridge
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
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Lecturer in Strategy, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Hatton Professor of Climate Law, University of Cambridge
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Assistant Professor in Development Studies, University of Cambridge
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Researcher, University of Cambridge
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Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Senior Project Manager, Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Social Psychology in Society, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor in English, University of Cambridge, and Fellow and Director of Studies in English, Queens' College, University of Cambridge
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PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
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Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics and Centre Researcher at the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG), University of Cambridge
