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Your essential guide to the many breathtaking wonders of the universe (2023)
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Beall, A. (2023). Your essential guide to the many breathtaking wonders of the universe

An abridged inventory of everything there is in the universe – from rogue planets and exomoons to supernovae, supermassive black holes and the cosmic web.

Macroprudential Policies Can Mitigate the Effects of Global Economic Policy Uncertainty on Gross Capital Inflows, Study Argues (2023)
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Andrikopoulos, T. (2023). Macroprudential Policies Can Mitigate the Effects of Global Economic Policy Uncertainty on Gross Capital Inflows, Study Argues

Fear and Weakness (2023)
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Porter, J. (2023). Fear and Weakness

JOY PORTER applauds a powerful new book that emphasises Indigenous agency within the story of North American colonisation

Powerful Inversion (2023)
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Porter, J. (2023). Powerful Inversion

First paragraph: Big, successful popular histories generally tell their audience something they would like to hear. This one is no exception. Written by one of the most erudite, talented and justifiably lauded thinkers of his generation in a pithy,... Read More about Powerful Inversion.

How financial technology can discriminate against people speaking minority dialects – new evidence from China (2022)
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Andrikopoulos, T. (2022). How financial technology can discriminate against people speaking minority dialects – new evidence from China

In the UK, studies have repeatedly found evidence of accentism. Prejudice based on someone’s way of speaking can affect people in the classroom, the office and beyond.

How Europe’s drought is making Britain’s energy crisis worse (2022)
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Waldman, S. (2022). How Europe’s drought is making Britain’s energy crisis worse

Article for The Conversation on the links between drought and energy shortage.

Here’s why UK tides are soon going to play a much bigger part in powering your home (2022)
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Waldman, S. (2022). Here’s why UK tides are soon going to play a much bigger part in powering your home

Tidal energy has long lurked at the back of the UK’s renewable energy arsenal, outshone by its wind and solar counterparts due in part to early issues with technology readiness and high costs. Yet with recent research showing it could provide 11%... Read More about Here’s why UK tides are soon going to play a much bigger part in powering your home.

Ukraine: sanctions can still make a difference – but only if done right (2022)
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Dover, R. (2022). Ukraine: sanctions can still make a difference – but only if done right. London

Ukraine-Russia: the first shots have already been fired – in cyberspace (2022)
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Dover, R. (2022). Ukraine-Russia: the first shots have already been fired – in cyberspace. London

How students can use storytelling to bring the dangers of climate change to life (2021)
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Parsons, K., Halstead, F., & Jones, L. (2021). How students can use storytelling to bring the dangers of climate change to life

With the stark “code red” warnings from the world’s climate experts in the most recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) still ringing in our ears, it’s vital to give as many people as possible the tools with which to tac... Read More about How students can use storytelling to bring the dangers of climate change to life.

Top tips for tackling plastic pollution – from marine scientists (2021)
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Collins, C., Caswell, B., & Waller, C. (2021). Top tips for tackling plastic pollution – from marine scientists. London

Making environmentally friendly choices is complex: here's a guide to help you at home or out shopping.

Animal adoptions make no evolutionary sense so why do they happen? (2021)
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Winder, I. C., & Shaw, V. (2021). Animal adoptions make no evolutionary sense so why do they happen?

First paragraph: Scientists used to think that humans are special because we have larger brains than other animals. However, some experts in human evolution have suggested that it isn’t how we think that makes the difference, but how we feel. They s... Read More about Animal adoptions make no evolutionary sense so why do they happen?.

This ancient Chinese anatomical atlas changes what we know about acupuncture and medical history (2020)
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Shaw, V., & Winder, I. (2020). This ancient Chinese anatomical atlas changes what we know about acupuncture and medical history

Opening paragraphs: The accepted history of anatomy says that it was the ancient Greeks who mapped the human body for the first time. Galen, the “Father of Anatomy”, worked on animals, and wrote anatomy textbooks that lasted for the next 1,500 years... Read More about This ancient Chinese anatomical atlas changes what we know about acupuncture and medical history.

Native America: A New Narrative (2019)
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Porter, J. (2019). Native America: A New Narrative

David Treuer’s new book reaches the reader garlanded in praise from the world’s most revered arbiters of taste. It is a New York Times bestseller; the paper admires the way it ‘suggests the need for soul-searching’. Vanity Fair likes its ‘hopeful vis... Read More about Native America: A New Narrative.

How the internet is changing the way we grieve (2018)
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Bell, J. (2018). How the internet is changing the way we grieve

How to help children recover from the trauma of disaster (2017)
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Halstead, F. (2017). How to help children recover from the trauma of disaster. London

The Story of Native North America (2017)
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Porter, J. (2017). The Story of Native North America

https://www.historytoday.com/reviews/story-native-north-america

The weaker pound is a mixed bag for UK PLC as rivals move to adapt (2016)
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Andrikopoulos, T., & Dassiou, X. (2016). The weaker pound is a mixed bag for UK PLC as rivals move to adapt

The conventional wisdom about a falling currency and exports fails to acknowledge some fundamental points. Our research highlights that such analysis typically does not account for the existence and nature of a company’s competition, domestically and... Read More about The weaker pound is a mixed bag for UK PLC as rivals move to adapt.

Can the menopause really be reversed? (2016)
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Sturmey, R. Can the menopause really be reversed?

Scientists in Greece claimed recently to have “reversed the menopause”. They did this by injecting blood plasma that contains platelets into the ovaries of eight women who had not menstruated for around five months in order to stimulate ovarian regen... Read More about Can the menopause really be reversed?.

Single women and credit – what you didn’t know about interest (2015)
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Spicksley, J. (2015). Single women and credit – what you didn’t know about interest