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Online advertising could target someone, whom the advertiser believes to be in an extroverted state of mind, with an offer to invest. The consumer might well believe that this is a good moment to invest, even if the investment is overpriced. Credit: Shutt

Profiling by powerful tech firms risks undermining consumer choice - Oxford research

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Aerial view of Oxford

University of Oxford to launch Pandemic Sciences Institute

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SARS-CoV-2 RNA discovery unlocks new potential treatments

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A pile of three political philosophy books

New scholarship for Dominican Republic students to study at Oxford

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Plastic pollution in the ocean

Floating ocean plastic can get a boost to its wave-induced transport because of its size

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SARS-CoV-2 naming system given open platform to harness international scientific collaboration

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Large organisations, which are often users of these services, can make a difference by signing the Fairwork pledge and promoting better practices in the platform economy. Credit: Shutterstock.

Nul points: gig economy companies fail to score for Oxford Fairwork principles

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According to the report, Europe Today and Tomorrow: What Europeans Want, based on a March 2021 poll of 13,601 people, conducted in the 27 member states and the UK, it provides ‘mixed reading’ for the EU.

Concerns over European Union in Oxford EU-wide survey

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An infant watches a character display physically counterintuitive methods

Is deference to supernatural beings present in infancy?

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Unlike techniques to reduce emissions at source, Greenhouse Gas Removal aims to capture and remove CO2 and other greenhouse gases already in the air. Achieving net zero requires dramatic reductions in emissions, but it also requires GGR. Credit: Shutterst

£30 million official backing for Oxford-led greenhouse gas removal programme

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