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Four Oxford researchers win £100,000 Philip Leverhulme prizes

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Oxford University project aims to preserve Second World War memories

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Aerial photo of a typical kite from eastern Jordan (Source: APAAME)

Oxford archaeologists discover monumental evidence of prehistoric hunting across Arabian desert

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Business values: the values of companies are often scrutinised intensely, by consumers and employees – and choices based on interactions with businesses and the values they experience. Credit: Shutterstock

The most prominent UK business values do not include humility or gratitude – Oxford study

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50-year project reveals new insights about the evolution and influence of Voltaire's thought

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Demis Hassabis, Co-founder and CEO of DeepMind

DeepMind CEO to give lecture on AI's potential for scientific discovery

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Expert Comment: How history will look back on Russian invasion

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According to the research, Stand Your Ground laws were associated with 8% to 11% national increases in homicide and firearm homicide rates. Florida saw the highest increase with a 28% monthly rise in homicides. Credit: Shutterstock.

US Stand Your Ground laws are associated with 700 additional homicides every year

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The team used ‘unseen species models’ from ecology to gauge the loss of narratives from medieval Europe, such as the romances about King Arthur, or heroic legends about Sigurður the dragon slayer or the legendary ruler Ragnar lóðbrok,

Everyone has heard of King Arthur, but 90% of medieval manuscripts of chivalric and heroic tales have been lost

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New postdoctoral global scholarships at Oxford funded by British Academy

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