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Western medicine has always split the mind and the body. Long COVID reveals just how damaging this approach has been.
Livelihoods which communities have relied on for centuries are being criminalised by heavy-handed state restrictions.
We discovered that the 12 largest petrochemical companies announced 88 new projects between 2012 and 2019: new and expanded facilities that will likely operate for decades, ramping up carbon emissions.
What’s behind Gen Z’s appetite for tarot and spells? 16th century debates about witchcraft help explain why the occult has become viral on TikTok.
What does communism 2.0 mean for democracy?
Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction when it comes to the magicians of the Victorian era.
James McCune Smith was the first African American to receive a medical doctorate from a university. He dedicated his life to fighting injustice.
Attending, debating or simply following COP26? Here’s why you should be reading science fiction.
When people think about how AI might ‘go wrong’, most probably picture malevolent computers trying to cause harm. But what if we should be more worried about them seeking pleasure?
A seismic network was put in place after the 2010 quake but, despite recording two ‘strong motions’ before August 14, no alerts went out.
Over 130 hours of conversations with older people reveal the truth of what it’s like to get old and how to cope with loneliness.
A universal vaccine has been described as the ‘holy grail’ – but how close are we to getting one?
The battle against gender-based violence never ends but the work of the women who set up the first refuges in the 1970s deserves wider recognition.
Voices on the extremes don’t represent society.
The cinematic legacies of Operation Crossroads, the first peacetime nuclear tests, fundamentally shaped how we view the mushroom cloud.
Now is not the time for rocket men to abandon spaceship Earth.
First-hand family accounts and photographs trace the difficulties and traumas of giving birth and looking after a baby during a pandemic.
A record-breaking Soviet miner from 1935 embodied a system of values that is central to contemporary work cultures today.
Carrion beetles help stabilise the biology of the soil they live in.
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Professor of Psychology in Epidemiology, UCL
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Professor of Social History, The Open University
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Professor Emeritus of Molecular Neurobiology at the University of Manchester and a Visiting Professorial Fellow, University of Oxford
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Visiting Research Associate in History, St Benet's College, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of Winchester
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Professor of Sustainable Development and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), University of Surrey
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Senior Research Scientist, Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University
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Associate Professor, Queen's University Belfast
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Emeritus Professor in Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Neurology, UCL
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Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor, Monash University. Professorial Fellow, Melbourne University, Monash University
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Behavioural Ecology, UCL
