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Assessing Healthcare Outcomes with GENDER-Q

The primary aim of healthcare is to improve the lives and wellbeing of patients. But how can we be…

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Why do I feel sleepy in winter?

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Why do I always spill my coffee?

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Why is Rudolph’s nose red?

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How do you tackle hate speech one emoji at a time?

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How can satellites prevent mining disasters?

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I studied Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, which is where I first came across pain research. I thought…

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I am a final year medical student at McMaster University in Canada, taking a sabbatical from MD studies to…

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During just 5 – 10 million years following the ignition of a star, the giant cloud of material that…

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After graduating from the University of Cambridge as an Economist, I moved to Beijing for two years where I…

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Melinda Mills (MBE, FBA) is Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) and Professor of Demography and…

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Invest strategically in wind and solar farms in Africa – Oxford study

A sustainable future for Africa can be achieved through strategic investment in wind and solar farms, reveals an Africa-wide…

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Report reveals the tough choices faced by couples in receipt of Universal Credit. Fluctuations in income from month to…

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