Until recently, little was known about how memory functions in trees which experience decades, even centuries, of shifting environmental pressures.
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Unmasking dark web criminals isn’t easy, but researchers are figuring out how to use their own language against them.
Over the past half-century, a rising share of economic activity in the UK and other rich countries has been connected with ‘bad’ wealth accumulation.
The case for taxing wealth has historically come from the political mainstream – so why is it so unpalatable now?
With no single dominant power waiting to take over from the US, the impacts of the next financial crisis could have catastrophic impacts around the world.
In each era of globalisation since the mid-17th century, a single country has sought to be the clear world leader – shaping the rules of the global economy for all.
During my year aboard the Ocean Viking, we collected the harrowing stories of 110 people rescued by the ship in the central Mediterranean.
During my year aboard the Ocean Viking, we collected the harrowing stories of 110 people rescued by the ship in the central Mediterranean.
During my year aboard the Ocean Viking, we collected the harrowing stories of 110 people rescued by the ship in the central Mediterranean.
During my year aboard the Ocean Viking, we collected the harrowing stories of 110 people rescued by the ship in the central Mediterranean.
Throughout history, control over money has been one of the most powerful levers of state authority. What does this mean in the new era of digital currencies?
AI-generated child sexual abuse material is rising, and familial abuse is leading to the creation of new child sexual abuse material.
In the 30 years since the discovery of 51 Pegasi b, more than 6,000 planets outside our Solar System have been catalogued. Two modern-day explorers explain how.
Bunkers, bomb shelters, mines and mountains all play critical roles protecting against our latest existential threat: the terrifying prospect of data loss.
Israeli medical staff who treated Palestinian captives in the wake of the October 7 attacks say they are haunted by their experiences.
Over six years, researchers have worked closely with 25 single-mother families living in the shadow of this policy - which even affects British citizens.
New analysis of silver items in the Bedale hoard reveals Scandinavians travelled to the east to trade much earlier than previously thought.
In the Fens of eastern England, small-scale farmers fear for their future amid ‘astronomical’ costs and flatlining income.
A memoir of the author’s childhood spent climbing with her father, a much-travelled oil reservoir engineer.
In August 1945, atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ever since, survivors have struggled with discrimination as well as illness.
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Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
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Chargée de recherche CNRS, Géographe et politiste spécialiste des frontières et migrations, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Plymouth
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of Winchester
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Senior Research Scientist, Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University
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Emeritus Professor in Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George's, University of London
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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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Professor of Neurology, UCL
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Associate Professor, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor in Modern History, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Social History, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of Winchester
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Professor of Modern History, University of Bristol