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The government is set to increase its use of punitive security measures against individuals it can’t bring to court.
How the Article 50 judgment kicked a hornets’ nest.
Results of the first large-scale study to specifically investigate the musical features that might increase the ‘earworminess’ of a song.
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Women make conscious decisions every day about staying safe, but they consistently underestimate how much effort it all takes and what that means for their freedom.
Many of HG Wells’s futuristic prophecies have come true, but the one on which his heart was most set – the establishment of a world state – remains unfulfilled.
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Associate Professor of Medieval History, Durham University
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Professor in Practice, Department of Engineering, Durham University
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Professor in Political Science and International Relations, Durham University
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Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University, Durham University
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PhD Candidate in International Relations, Durham University
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Professor in High Medieval History, Durham University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geography, Durham University
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Professor of Landscape Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Al-Qadisiyah; Durham University
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Professor of Geoenergy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Durham University
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Durham University
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Assistant Professor, Net Zero Transition, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Politics and Islam, Durham University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Durham University
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Professor of Sedimentology & Geoenergy, Durham University
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Associate Professor, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Durham University