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novel forms of NbS can be used to help conserve and enhance urban heritage, including using soil and turf to physically consolidate vulnerable walls and ruins (termed 'soft capping') as well as enhancing the visitor experience by bringing nature and all i

Enhancing urban life and heritage: Nature-based solutions in the city

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Low trust in government, conspiracy beliefs and watching YouTube predicts vaccine hesitancy

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Online advertising could target someone, whom the advertiser believes to be in an extroverted state of mind, with an offer to invest. The consumer might well believe that this is a good moment to invest, even if the investment is overpriced. Credit: Shutt

Profiling by powerful tech firms risks undermining consumer choice - Oxford research

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An infant watches a character display physically counterintuitive methods

Is deference to supernatural beings present in infancy?

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Large organisations, which are often users of these services, can make a difference by signing the Fairwork pledge and promoting better practices in the platform economy. Credit: Shutterstock.

Nul points: gig economy companies fail to score for Oxford Fairwork principles

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According to the report, Europe Today and Tomorrow: What Europeans Want, based on a March 2021 poll of 13,601 people, conducted in the 27 member states and the UK, it provides ‘mixed reading’ for the EU.

Concerns over European Union in Oxford EU-wide survey

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Credit: Shutterstock. True Planet: The world is in a climate crisis, and Oxford researchers are at the forefront of trying to find solutions in adaptation and resilience, nature, energy transition, clean road transport and green finance.

Nature-based solutions highly effective in long term - Oxford research

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Finding and understanding this network of coordinated accounts was a seven-month-long challenge which required a mix of methodological innovation and creativity

Fanatic fans or fake followers? Chinese diplomats and their social media networks

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Credit: Shutterstock. People may work with beavers on the restoration, rather than controlling them. The beavers, who are best placed to deliver sustainable results, are left to make positive changes in the landscape.

Nature must be a partner, not just a provider of services – Oxford report

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highly bonded fans were particularly likely get tied up in aggressive behaviours – especially if they used cocaine

Cocaine drives supporters’ aggression in football - study

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