New landmark study will shed light on the lived experience of ‘addiction’ in the world’s most volatile places
New landmark research will aid understanding of the lived experience of drug consumption and addiction recovery in conditions of war,...
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Climate report: ‘Uncharted territory’ imperils life on Earth
Earth’s vital signs have worsened beyond anything humans have yet seen – to the point that life on the planet...
Seaweed-eating robot listed among TIME’s best inventions
A robot that “eats” seaweed has been named among TIME’s best inventions of 2023. The AlgaRay robot glides on the...
New study will help uncover new ways of discovering history’s “lost worlds”
Philosophy, art and music will be used to explore the science of the deep past’s “lost worlds” as part of...
Historian secures prestigious prize to launch long-term research project on British anti-slavery
The global history of the British anti-slavery movement is to be the focus of a new and long-term research project...
From square to cube: AI hardware processes data in higher dimensions
In a paper published today in Nature Photonics, researchers from the University of Oxford, along with collaborators from the Universities...
Cut emissions and improve farming to protect wilderness
Humanity must cut carbon emissions and use farmland more efficiently to protect our planet’s remaining wilderness, new research shows. Climate...
Refugee legal reforms will have a disproportionate impact on sexually diverse asylum claimants, study warns
Refugee legal reforms will have a disproportionate impact on sexually diverse claimants, academics have warned. Researchers have said the Nationality...
World may have crossed solar power ‘tipping point’
The world may have crossed a “tipping point” that will inevitably make solar power our main source of energy, new...