The African story is not just about conflict, corruption, poverty, poor leadership, bad politics and disease. Its coverage should be more nuanced.
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We know how to build a truly zero carbon house. So why are we not doing it, on a massive scale?
The UK has been rolling out COVID vaccines for a year. It’s been quite a ride.
A century ago, early British nudists had to fight for the right to publish naked photos – the similarities with social media today are striking.
Violent performance is the Taliban’s language. If we view them as savage, backward or misogynistic, the opportunity to learn how to face them is missed.
Western medicine has always split the mind and the body. Long COVID reveals just how damaging this approach has been.
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.
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 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.
Catherine Price, sociologist, and Nicola Patron, synthetic plant biologist, discuss the promises, dangers and concerns around gene edited and GM crops.
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.
Carrion beetles help stabilise the biology of the soil they live in.
Using hot baths or saunas shouldn’t be considered as a substitute for exercise. But they can mimic some of the health benefits.
Nathalie MacDermott was a regular on BBC News, Sky New and ITV. Then COVID broke out at her hospital.
The audio version of an in-depth article rounding on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to “greenwash” their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
We value bees for the jobs they do for the environment and us – why is the same not true of wasps?
Prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, round on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to ‘greenwash’ their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
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Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Scientist, Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University
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Lecturer, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University
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Emeritus Professor in Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
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Professor in Computing and Information Systems, Edge Hill University
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Senior Lecturer in Political Communications, Nottingham Trent University
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PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
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Principal Lecturer in History, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Social Science and Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Professor of Law and Society, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lecturer in South Asian History, University of Reading
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Reader in History and Deputy Dean of Humanities (Research), University of Essex
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Visiting Researcher, University of Oxford
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Professor in Health History, University of Strathclyde