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Charles James Steward, Coventry University
Using hot baths or saunas shouldn't be considered as a substitute for exercise. But they can mimic some of the health benefits.
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Jack Shutt, Manchester Metropolitan University
Eating bird food was also linked to a nearly four-fold increase in their breeding densities.
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Could music provide an unlikely source of inspiration for improving human relationships with forests?
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Chris Gibson, University of Wollongong; Andrew Warren, University of Wollongong
Following scandals over illegal logging, and with an appetite for rare, old-growth wood, the guitar industry is rethinking its environmental footprint. Australian companies are leading the way.
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A Eurasian beaver swimming in Devon’s River Otter catchment, UK.
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Sophie Wynne-Jones, Bangor University; Ian Convery, University of Cumbria; Steve Carver, University of Leeds
By studying where rewilding has worked well around the world, we've worked out the dos and don'ts.
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John Schofield, University of York
The government plans to cut university subsidy for teaching archaeology by 50%, yet it's never been more relevant to society.
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Magda Osman, Queen Mary University of London
Decades of research gives insight into how free our choices really are.
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Nina Marie Jörden, Loughborough University; Chris Zebrowski, Loughborough University; Daniel Sage, Loughborough University
The former adviser's seven-hour evidence session is full of strong lines to follow when the public inquiry into the pandemic response gets underway.
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President Ndaw, centre, as Vice-President Goïta (in uniform) looks on, during his inauguration ceremony on September 25, 2020.
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Boubacar Haidara, Université Bordeaux Montaigne
Mali’s president and prime minister have just been arrested and dismissed by the military junta which brought them to power in the first place a few months ago. How did this happen?
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Thorn in Lukashenko’s side: Roman Protasevich arrested at a rally in Minsk, March 2017.
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Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University
Fears grow for the young dissident journalist after he was taken off a Ryanair flight.
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Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia
The increased infectiousness of B16172 could magnify the impact of vaccines being less effective against it.
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