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Researchers discover that ancient floods "rewrote" civilizations along the Yangtze River

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Statins

Statins do not cause the majority of side effects listed in package leaflets

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Are returning pumas putting Patagonian penguins at risk? New study reveals the likelihood

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Activism proves a stimulating topic at Sheldonian Series event

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New Oxford-led initiative launches to train future leaders in transformative technologies for pharmaceutical research

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New analysis of Deep Maniot Greeks reveals a unique genetic time capsule in the Balkans

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New project aims to build the foundations of a quantum internet

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Expert Comment: Cuts to fundamental research will hurt the UK’s leadership in astronomy

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Expert Comment: Computers can help us to do science, but they can’t understand it for us

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Oxford academics among the first Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences

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