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Yadvinder Malhi
Our place in the world
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Dr David Edmonds
Our place in the world
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Is journalism inherently pessimistic? Why is there so much ‘bad news’?
Our place in the world
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Max Roser
Our place in the world
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Michael Kohl
Healthy body and healthy mind
Professor Russell Foster
Healthy body and healthy mind
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Professor Susan Jebb
Healthy body and healthy mind
![Bringing back the large blue butterfly - Jeremy Thomas](https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/styles/ow_thumbnail_discover/s3/media-youtube/9k72VVSQxG4.jpg?itok=mWTrkEKg)
Bringing back the large blue butterfly - Jeremy Thomas
Video
In 1979, after a century of failed conservation efforts and decline across Europe, the iconic large blue butterfly was declared extinct in the UK. But after 40 years of field and lab research by Professor Jeremy Thomas at the University of Oxford, and previously NERC's Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (now a part of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology), the globally-threatened species has been successfully reintroduced.
![The surprising uses of silk [Annual Review 2013-2014]](https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/styles/ow_thumbnail_discover/s3/media-youtube/RS-cjTkuX9w.jpg?itok=vi7QRzrQ)
The surprising uses of silk
Video
Professor Fritz Vollrath discusses the appeal of working with spiders–and the amazing properties of the silk which they and other creatures produce, a candidate for 'material of the future'.
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Tackling the Shame of Poverty
Video
The work of Professor Robert Walker and his collaborators investigates the day-to-day experiences of low-income families living in societies as diverse as Norway and Uganda, Britain and India, China, South Korea, and Pakistan, and confirms the role of shame in their lives – which has already shaped how policymakers deal with poverty, in a way that tries to retain the dignity of the individual.
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Reducing toxic mercury emissions
Video
Scientists at the University of Oxford, funded by the NERC, are applying their knowledge to inform national and international policy on mercury, which is one of the most dangerous environmental pollutants.
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BBSRC Sparking Impact
Video
Five recipients of the BBSRC's Sparking Impact award talk about the work they have undertaken.
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Helping the ‘Greeks’ to run faster
Impact case study
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Mathematics in the design and manufacture of novel glass products
Impact case study
![From the Minds of Babes: New frontiers in paediatric pain](https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/styles/ow_thumbnail_discover/s3/media-youtube/gQ6hYUJ3MEg.jpg?itok=QnvLTpP9)
From the Minds of Babes: New frontiers in paediatric pain
Video
In work funded by the MRC, the NIHR and the Wellcome Trust, Dr Slater is using state-of-the-art brain scanning technology to look at babies’ neurological responses to painful stimuli, so that we can understand which drugs can help them.
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Brothers in arms ‘bond like family’
News
The survey included revolutionaries who served on the frontline with an assault rifle and non-fighters, such as workers who serviced vehicles or drove ambulances.
![Stopping floods on the cheap: A success story from Yorkshire](https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/styles/ow_thumbnail_discover/s3/media-youtube/Oh5sjqnTfB0.jpg?itok=TYuM50L2)
Stopping floods on the cheap: A success story from Yorkshire
Video
A team of researchers—funded by the BBSRC, ESRC and the NERC—ran a pilot project in Pickering, North Yorkshire to study the effectiveness of a new methodology for flood management decision-making.
![Oxford and Cybersecurity 3 – The Academic Edge](https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/styles/ow_thumbnail_discover/s3/media-youtube/Zyog4FQoZN0.jpg?itok=t8K9MFVz)
Oxford and Cybersecurity 3 – The Academic Edge
Video
With huge corporations working to tackle problems in cybersecurity, what role can universities play? Oxford academics discuss the unique contributions that can come to computer science from inside the ivory towers.
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Oxford and Cybersecurity 2 – Trusted Computing
Video
Trust between users is fundamental to online commerce and culture – and is in short supply, given the many breaches to internet security in recent months. Oxford academics discuss measures to build security into hardware and software systems, not simply bolt it on top. Based on work supported by the European Commission, the EPSRC and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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