Bats feast as insects migrate through Pyrenees
Bats gather to feast as nocturnal insects fly through mountain passes in the Pyrenees each autumn, new research shows. University...
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Strategies of kleptocrats and their enablers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, experts warn
International assessments of corruption can’t properly show the increasingly sophisticated way elite people from rogue states use global networks to...
WhatsApp campaigning replicates existing political structures in Ghana and Nigeria, study shows
Existing patrimonial political structures in Ghana and Nigeria are being replicated as campaigning moves to WhatsApp, analysis shows. The empowerment...
Continued use of illicit finance by Russia threatens international security and democracy new report warns
The continued use of illicit finance is giving Russia an advantage in its invasion of Ukraine and will undermine security...
University of Exeter supports advancing modern and ancient genomics in Egypt
Genomic researchers from Egypt visited the University of Exeter this month as part of a collaboration that aims to improve...
Social media helped contribute to UPND gains in 2021 Zambia elections, analysis shows
Social media helped contribute to the UPND’s impressive victory in the 2021 Zambia elections, new analysis shows. The party’s online...
New Antarctic extremes ‘virtually certain’ as world warms
Extreme events in Antarctica such as ocean heatwaves and ice loss will almost certainly become more common and more severe,...
Managing domestic and wildcats is likely to remain fraught, new research warns
Current efforts to protect and restore native biodiversity is being threatened by difficulties in identifying wild and domestic cats, and...
Trump’s ascendency down to America’s racial divide not cult leadership, study says
The power given to Donald Trump is a result of America’s racial divide rather than because he is a “cult”...