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Warriors in the tribes of Papua New Guinea often went through extremely painful initiation rituals.

Researchers test what lies behind the extreme self-sacrifice of fighters

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Social eating helps connect communities

Social eating connects communities

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Measures to restore natural floodplains include making room for the river.

Natural measures to prevent floods are not a 'silver bullet'

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Cannabinoid research partnership

Cannabinoid biomedicine research programme launched

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Teenagers can often get around the internet filters, suggests study.

Doubts about whether internet filters protect teenagers online

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Genetic sequencing offers same-day TB testing

Genetic sequencing offers same-day TB testing

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David Cameron.

David Cameron is chair of new LSE-Oxford commission

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Ancient fossilised algae may be the gateway to understanding the atmospheric carbon dioxide levels of the Earth during the dinosaur era, and the role this played in changing the prehistoric climate. Copyright: Shutterstock

Fossil plankton may be the key to understanding prehistoric climate change

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The pictures show Sir Michael Fallon inspecting a Pulsed Laser Deposition system in the Centre for Applied Superconductivity with Professor Susannah Speller from the Oxford University Materials Department.

New Oxford superconductor centre energises high-tech innovation

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Analysing handpump vibrations give clues to groundwater depths

'Smart handpumps' predict depths of groundwater in Africa

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