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Having the genetics of a night owl protects night shift workers against sleep loss

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Hope into Action: Social Sciences Impact Conference online

Change is needed to the way safer sleep information is communicated, if risks to babies from unsafe sleeping practices are to be reduced

New report promoting safer sleeping for babies in England

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Oxford awarded £1.25 million official funding to accelerate vital research, and go from local to global

Kenya river in the sky

‘Rivers in the sky’ shape African climate - research

The analysis also suggested a novel role for the red hair colour gene, melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) in reproductive biology

Genetic variants influencing human fertility identified - new research

A woman scientist: Scientists tend to move from one country to another to advance their careers. But researchers from Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science have found female researchers continue to be under-represented among internationally m

International recognition is important but female scientific researchers are less internationally-mobile

No United Nations member state, whichever continent they are in, can claim [the war] does not concern them. Credit: Shutterstock

Expert Comment: No UN member, whichever continent they are in, can claim Russia's invasion does not concern them

Somali families: Our research found a 1 °C warming is estimated to lead to a ten-fold increase in expected displacement. It is alarming that, even this marginal change in temperature, has such a huge impact. It highlights the likely effect climate change

Small temperature rise can cause large scale forced migration - study

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