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Geologists are using drones to help extract more resources from the North Sea, using the latest visual technologies to identify oil-bearing rocks. Using an eight-rotor, camera-equipped “octocopter” drone…
The storms which have battered the UK over recent weeks can be traced back to a strong front of contrasting temperature between particularly cold air over the north Atlantic, which has also brought extreme…
It seems every year has seen weather extremes in recent times. After 2012 brought Hurricane Sandy to the east coast of the United States and the wettest year ever for England, many may have expected a…
The deadly attacks on Yemen’s defence ministry that killed 52 people in early December have renewed speculation about the threat posed by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). AQAP, which has claimed…
Climate change is often seen as a recent phenomenon, but its roots are actually far older - the effects of human activity on the global climate have been discussed for more than 150 years. In the 1820s…
In the run-up to the publication of the Fifth assessment report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) there is the usual flurry of activity among those with an interest…
What did you achieve by the time you were 15? For most, a summary of our first decade-and-a-half of existence would not make for a bestselling biography. But one teenager celebrating a significant birthday…
The cultivation of palm oil continues to expand rapidly in the humid tropics, as does the equally heated debate about the crop’s environmental and social impact. Malaysian scientists recently published…
Olive oil producers and other European food industry members have said they’re concerned about the UK’s traffic-light food labelling system because their products would be labelled as unhealthy. But nutrition…
The discovery that dromedary camels may be a key source of the virus behind Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) looks to unravel one of the biggest mysteries surrounding outbreaks of the deadly…
Energy Minister Michael Fallon’s recent comments about the impact of fracking on communities in the leafy Home Counties (“We are going to see how thick their rectory walls are, whether they like the flaring…
The Washington Post’s purchase by Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos is the latest example of a new generation of internet moguls spending big on pet projects. It was also revealed this week that Google…
The news that Yahoo! is to close down AltaVista on 8 July was greeted on the internet with shock. Shock because everyone over the age of 30 thought their original search engine of choice had ceased to…
The sentencing of Silvio Berlusconi to seven years in prison and a life-time ban from public office for sex with an under-age prostitute and abuse of office is a major setback for the former prime minister…
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Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Reading
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Professor of Finance & Financial Technology, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading
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Lecturer in Housing Economics, University of Reading
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PhD Candidate, Pollination and Climate Change, University of Reading
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Professor of Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology and Mental Health, University of Reading
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Lecturer in German and Translation Studies, University of Reading
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Research Scientist in Hydrometeorology, University of Reading
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Visiting Professor of History, University of Reading / Worcester College Oxford, University of Reading
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Lecturer in Atmospheric Radiation, Composition and Climate, University of Reading
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Lecturer in Strategic Studies and International Relations, University of Reading
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Professor of Space Environment Physics, University of Reading
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Sensory and Consumer Scientist, University of Reading
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Meteorology, University of Reading
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Professor of Meteorology, University of Reading
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Professor of Applied Ecology, University of Reading
