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Problem binge-watching is associated with anxiety and depression.
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New research shows that increasing exposure to foreign accents makes it easier to process - and that can reduce bias which is not based on negative perceptions or prejudice.
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Half a million British people need to be given a COVID vaccine each day between now and the end of January 2022.
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Rogelia Pastor-Castro, University of Strathclyde ; Rachel Chin, University of Glasgow
Macron and Johnson both have something to gain by talking tough but the reality on the ground is far more collaborative.
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Sue Yeandle, University of Sheffield
Care workers, care recipients, think tanks and parliament itself agree that social care reform is urgently needed. But this plan’s lack of detail and insufficient funding suggest that it a ways off.
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Lena Rose, University of Oxford
Pastors have a limited role in asylum processes of Christian converts.
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Mark Goodall, University of Bradford
Get Back shines a light on the love that still existed between the Fab Four.
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Phoebe Rumsey, University of Portsmouth
Over numerous letters, Dr Phoebe Rumsey found a great man who understood the pain and joy of “Being Alive”.
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Keith Parry, Bournemouth University; Beth Clarkson, University of Portsmouth; Rafaelle Nicholson, Bournemouth University
Women’s sport has made leaps and bounds but there is still a lot of work to be done.
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Health + Medicine
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Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford; Jonathan Pugh, University of Oxford
How we should manage uncertainty is not a scientific issue but an ethical issue.
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Vassilios Vassiliou, University of East Anglia; Vasiliki Tsampasian, University of East Anglia
Heart failure patients who took this drug were 22% less likely to die from heart-related causes.
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Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University
Social media firms in Europe are well on the way to a thousand cuts.
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Until train use recovers, a new approach to rail funding is needed.
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