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Reindeer deaths in the Arctic linked with retreating sea ice
News
Scientists interviewed nomadic reindeer herders in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of West Siberia, the world’s most productive reindeer herding region, to examine how global warming is affecting their way of life.
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Genetic studies reveal diversity of early human populations – and pin down when we left Africa
The Conversation
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Why cutting spending on public health is a false economy
The Conversation
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Study reveals why the brain can’t forget amputated limbs, even decades later
The Conversation
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Want to be popular? You’d better follow some simple moral rules
The Conversation
Revolutionary investment in microscopy in Oxford gets Wellcome Trust support
News
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Florida's homicide rates rise after 'Stand Your Ground' self-defence law
News
The study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, led by the University of Oxford with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania, looked at homicide rates before and after the enactment of State Bill 436, known as the Stand Your Ground law, whic
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Health guidance leads to reduction of repeat hip fractures
News
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Is schizophrenia written in our genes?
The Conversation
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Is HRT safe to use for the menopause? What the science says
The Conversation
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Could humans hibernate?
The Conversation
How to win the Euros – with a little help from neuroscience
The Conversation
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Non-coding DNA could hold the key to an effective treatment for inflammatory diseases
News
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Study shows direct manipulation of brain can reverse effects of depression
The Conversation
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High-fat diet made Inuits healthier but shorter thanks to gene mutations, study finds
The Conversation
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What’s the point of paracetamol?
The Conversation
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What makes us scratch an itch? Scientists finally have the answer
The Conversation
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Tetris … and other surprising ways to help emergency workers cope with trauma
The Conversation
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UK Trebles Funding To Tackle Zika Virus
News
Adoptive Cell Therapy Project Gains EIT Gold Grant Award
News
An innovative adoptive cell therapy that may treat cancer has garnered Johannes Breuning from Marion H Brown’s group a gold grant award in the EIT health Doctoral Transition Innovation Fellowship competition in London on 8 September 20
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