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Mitigating the impact of mining in Mongolia
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Coronavirus Vaccines Research and Development Roadmap launched
There are two key concerns about coronaviruses that demand better vaccines today. New COVID-19 variants continue to emerge, evade immune protection, and fuel the current pandemic, and the threat of other new and dangerous coronaviruses jumping from animals to humans in the future.
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NHS COVID-19 app saved estimated 10,000 lives in its first year, research finds
The new research, published today [22 February 2023] in Nature Communications, is the most comprehensive evaluation of the NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app to date.
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Oxford philosopher launches project to explore the ethics of AI
This comes with a grant which will allow Professor Tasioulas to jointly pursue a research project with Professor Hélène Landemore, Professor of Political Science at Yale University.
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Professor Abigail Williams hosts docuseries on BBC Radio 4: I Feel Therefore I Am
Where once facts, evidence and rationality were the path to knowledge, now the logic of feeling, of ‘my truth’ and ‘lived experience’ offers an alternative. Do we know our world through objective facts, or through subjective feelings?
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Supporting the teaching, learning and assessment of practical science
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A life-saving test for preeclampsia
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Towards better governance of emerging technologies
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Lessons Learned: Mission in Revision
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Lessons Learned: Breaking Silos in Atrocity Prevention Research and Policymaking
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Lessons Learned: Working with policy partners to analyse disinformation in the Russian media
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Lessons Learned: Tackling wildlife poaching through evidence-informed policy in Zimbabwe
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Lessons Learned: Supporting policy interventions on COVID-19
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Lessons Learned: Engaging with policymakers to challenge penal policy
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Lessons Learned: Improving understanding of public attitudes to lynx reintroduction in Scotland
Opinions about the possible reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx to Scotland are extremely polarised. Some people argue that reintroducing this large wild cat, which disappeared from Scotland hundreds of years ago, could help support biodiversity and promote ecosystem recovery.
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Your Amazing Brain: a user’s guide
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Connecting past and present: sharing research on prehistoric Britain
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A conversation on the constitution
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7 things to know about e-cigarettes and quitting smoking
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Developing new approaches to analysing medical images in low-resource settings
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