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Playing out in an animal kingdom, Glory is a devastating political commentary on Zimbabwe today.
Infectious diseases originating in wild animals are high and may be increasing. This is a sign that ecosystem degradation is undermining the planet’s capacity to sustain human wellbeing.
Global heating may be making the weather systems behind heatwaves more common in Europe.
El cerebro cuenta con una estructura que hace de nodo, nexo crucial en el denso entramado de neuronas. Igual que los pasillos de un monasterio desembocan en un amplio patio, los senderos cerebrales confluyen en el claustro.
This is not cause for concern, but it’s important information to have.
Las olas de calor, y los efectos que tienen en nuestra salud mental, son un importante recordatorio de que lo mejor que podemos hacer para ayudarnos a nosotros mismos y a las generaciones futuras es actuar contra el cambio climático.
Instruction through mobile phones can provide an effective, scalable method to provide education instruction when schooling is disrupted.
The discovery shakes up what scientists thought they knew about salamander evolution.
People with serious mental health conditions are at risk of their condition worsening.
The prime minister’s personal popularity has plummeted but the people who decide how to replace him still can’t agree on a successor.
Despite being almost erased from history, Sithole’s ideas are still relevant today.
Digital traces are already being used as evidence to prosecute people accused of seeking abortions.
The public expects transparency about politicians’ earnings, but it’s not the only area where elite groups have an advantage.
Most refugees rarely gain citizenship in host countries and the work that is available to them is informal, irregular and precarious.
Nuestro estudio demuestra la altísima eficacia de la vacuna en toda la población, si bien protege mejor a las personas que presentan un peso saludable.
Moore did not unearth any treasures in his research of Mugabe’s legacy. He has not even drawn a map that might lead us to them.
A new study looked at the health records of more than 9 million people in England to assess whether body weight influenced the uptake and effectiveness of COVID vaccines.
Putin’s imperial ambitions have led him to refer to himself as a latter-day Peter the Great.
An Africa-based conservation expert explains why trophy hunting has not delivered for wildlife in most parts of Africa, and that local communities benefit next to nothing from its continued practice
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DPhil Candidate in Environmental Research, University of Oxford
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Fellow in Politics, University of Oxford
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Senior Researcher at the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, and Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
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PhD Candidate in Biological Anthropology, University of Oxford
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Researcher, Sustainable Development and Wildlife Conservation, University of Oxford
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PhD student in Neuroscience, University of Oxford
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DPhil Researcher, University of Oxford
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Senior Researcher, Health Economics, University of Oxford
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Departmental Lecturer and Course Director, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Photovoltaic Engineering, University of Oxford
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Senior Researcher, Diet and Obesity, University of Oxford
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Executive Director, Youth Impact, Fellow, University of Oxford
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Professor of Health Economics, University of Oxford
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Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Oxford
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Junior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
