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Taxes on goods and services 'linked with increased infant mortality'
News
Claims about the decline of the West are ‘exaggerated’
News
The publication in the journal, Population Studies, by Professor David Coleman and Associate Professor Stuart Basten, provides a more optimistic demographic picture of the future in the West, in contrast to the commonly accepted narrative.
Early humans adapted to living in rainforests much sooner than thought
News
This study, published in the early online edition of the journal, Science, shows that early modern humans adapted to living in the rainforest for long periods of time.
Professor Graham Ward
Being human
Professor Harvey Whitehouse
Being human
The Internet Institute
Manuscript to megabyte
The Ruskin School of Art
Manuscript to megabyte
Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents
Manuscript to megabyte
Caitlin Black
Making sense of the numbers
Professor Paul Newman
Making sense of the numbers
Professor Alain Goriely
Making sense of the numbers
Mike Mason
Making sense of the numbers
Yadvinder Malhi
Our place in the world
Dr David Edmonds
Our place in the world
Is journalism inherently pessimistic? Why is there so much ‘bad news’?
Our place in the world
Max Roser
Our place in the world
Michael Kohl
Healthy body and healthy mind
Professor Russell Foster
Healthy body and healthy mind
Professor Susan Jebb
Healthy body and healthy mind
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