Belgian physicist and musician Prof Bob Coecke, 55, wants to teach quantum physics to a mass audience. The paradox-filled theory that describes the microscopic realm…
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UK universities take £41m in fossil fuel funding since 2022
Major fossil fuel companies have committed tens of millions of pounds in funding to UK universities since 2022, it can be revealed, despite many of…
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Not far from Didcot, once a halfway stop between London and Bristol on the Great Western Railway celebrated for Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s engineering, innovation has…
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A theoretical physicist who has never had a regular job has won the most lucrative prize in science for his pioneering contributions to the mind-bending…
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It is believed to be the Welsh Atlantis, a lost land lying below the water at Cardigan Bay. For at least 800 years, tales have…
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Napping has long been a symbol of laziness, but actually it is an essential bodily function that improves our memory, creativity, empathy and problem-solving abilities.…
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Exactly a year ago, Oxford University scientists launched a joint enterprise that is set to have a profound impact on the health of our planet.…
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The Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid has barely been out of the news from the moment the race to protect the world’s population from the…
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