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The University of Reading is one of the UK’s leading research universities – a global institution that enjoys a world-class reputation for research, teaching and enterprise. The University was established in 1892, received its Royal Charter in 1926, and is now a leading force in British and international higher education. With five campuses across three continents, the University is now home to 1,700 academic and research staff and 19,000 students from more than 150 countries.

The University conducts research across a wide variety of areas and is particularly celebrated as a world leader in areas such as agriculture, biological sciences, built environment, European histories and cultures, meteorology and climate change, and social sciences – including via Henley Business School.

The University is committed to pursuing research excellence between and across academic areas, with more than 50 interdisciplinary research institutes and centres, many of which are recognised as international centres of excellence.

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Representación en 3D del tiktaalik, un pez caminante extinguido. Shutterstock / Dotted Yeti

Cómo los peces evolucionaron para caminar y se convirtieron en humanos

Cuando uno piensa en la evolución humana, es muy probable que se imagine a chimpancés colgados de los árboles. Pero los humanos, junto con los osos, los lagartos, los colibríes y el Tyrannosaurus rex, somos en realidad peces de aletas lobuladas.
A comparison between two views of the same coral reef on Kiritimati, taken by University of Victoria scientists. Danielle Claar, Kristina Tietjen/University of Victoria

Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists know the climate is changing

Fear and Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by The Conversation, and sponsored by the Climate Council. In episode one, we discuss how scientists know the climate is changing.

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