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“It might never happen…” Remembering forgotten earthquakes in Central Asia

Where in the world do earthquakes pose the greatest risk? Japan, perhaps…or California? When devastating earthquakes hit the news…

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Diabetes research: a world of colourful puzzles

“The whole thing feels a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle where we have to find the pieces first…”…

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The power of sound: repairing spinal discs with ultrasound

Globally, more than 600 million people suffer from chronic back pain, and if you’re one of them, you know…

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Supporting Birth with the ‘Fit4Labour’ Decision Support Tool

When complications arise during labour, doctors and midwives may need to intervene to avoid tragic outcomes. However, it is…

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Decoding Developmental Language Disorders and Peer Victimisation in Young People

The best way to determine whether there is a link between Developmental Language Disorders (DLD) and peer victimisation would…

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Wild medicine: learning from chimpanzees

Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives and share many of our behaviours. Now it seems that they may also…

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Is there a better way to screen blood?

What’s the best gift you can give? To the millions of people whose lives have been saved by complete…

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How does Ozempic actually work?

Whether you’ve been served an advert for it, or just heard about it in the media, it’s likely that…

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Why does a stranger’s phone noise annoy me?

We’ve all been there…you’re on the train, maybe tired after a long day, and all you can hear is…

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What’s the origin of water on Earth?

With more than 70% of its surface covered in water, Earth is rightly known as the “blue planet”. But…

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How can robots investigate underwater volcanoes?

What do you do when the subject of your research lies deep beneath the waves? Send down an underwater…

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What is it like to be on Countdown?

“I still don’t believe it happened…” What’s it like to face the most famous clock on television? We chat…

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Rich Mayne

Ever since I first learned about genetics, I’ve been hooked. There’s something so satisfying and elegant about boiling down…

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Richard Walker

Hi, I’m Richard and I am a geologist specialising in the study of earthquakes. I am originally from Yorkshire,…

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Annie de Bray

I grew up in Kettering, Northamptonshire (the county of Weetabix, Princess Diana and Bridget Jones) and developed a love…

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Jane Gregory

As a kid, the smallest sounds used to drive me absolutely mad. They were noises that most people barely…

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Tom Barrett

I first got into the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences through a love for the world around me,…

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Sofia Della Sala

I sort of ‘fell’ into the field of Earth Science – Volcanology, more specifically. I studied Chemistry at Glasgow…

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Early-life diseases linked to lifelong childlessness

Led by Aoxing Liu and senior authors Melinda Mills, Andrea Ganna and an international team, the study examined the…

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Fair Water? An exhibition of the inequality below the surface at Oxford’s Natural History Museum

A fascinating and thought-provoking exhibition Fair Water? has opened in Oxford’s Museum of Natural History.  A collaboration between the museum and…

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Expert Comment: Turning COP’s promises into progress and the rise of climate regulation

Amidst carefully caveated celebrations, we can hardly ignore the work we have to do to get there. Having the…

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