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Lessons Learned: Improving understanding of public attitudes to lynx reintroduction in Scotland
Opinions about the possible reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx to Scotland are extremely polarised. Some people argue that reintroducing this large wild cat, which disappeared from Scotland hundreds of years ago, could help support biodiversity and promote ecosystem recovery.

Your Amazing Brain: a user’s guide
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Connecting past and present: sharing research on prehistoric Britain
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A conversation on the constitution
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7 things to know about e-cigarettes and quitting smoking

Developing new approaches to analysing medical images in low-resource settings
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Founders & Funders: Accelerating Oxford entrepreneurial capacity through a grassroots knowledge exchange programme
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Live well in Braunton
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Contested legacies
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The Oxford Research Centre in Humanities launches Egypt Season
Using creative artistic practice, alongside cutting-edge technology and research, the season will tell the story of Egypt from the land of the Pharaohs to the modern, diverse country of today.

Oxford Professor Ketan Patel appointed as Chief Scientist at Cancer Research UK
Professor Patel (KJ) will provide scientific leadership for the charity’s activities and ambitions, and he joins at an important time following the launch of the organisation’s new long-term strategy earlier this year that puts discovery science at the heart of its work.

Fostering connections between social prescribing link workers and the cultural sector
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Life expectancy of minorities hit hardest in the US during COVID-19
The Oxford team found that in 2020 life expectancy for Hispanic and Black males saw major set-backs of 4.5 years and 3.6 years respectively, compared with a reduction of 1.5 years in White males’ life expectancy.

From OPEC to Net Zero and still optimistic: Professor Nick Eyre on 34 years as an environmentalist
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Now (sort of) approaching retirement, Professor Eyre offers a unique perspective on the history of the environmental movement, at a time when it has gone mainstream. When he commenced his interest, one of the great social issues of the day was the demand to keep coal mines open.

Confronting the past through history education
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Prophetic Assyrian Omens
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Digging into Oxford’s past
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Please Touch the Art
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Tackling climate change by researching routes to greenhouse gas removal
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