Squamellaria plants grow special structures to host the ants they symbiotically rely on for nutrients. Distinct compartments help different ant colonies live peacefully side by side.
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The same love of landscape that pushed wind farms out to sea now fuels opposition to the cables that bring power back to land.
Why hotel use has risen, and what it’s costing the UK.
Perhaps he intended to denigrate Shakespeare as a jack-of-all-trades player-turned-playwright who should have stuck to acting.
Iran’s key installations are hidden deep underground. But Israel has shown it can target such facilities.
Recent research explores what drives this human behaviour.
Yes, most babies still wake during the night at 12 months. No, that doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong.
In threatening to walk away from efforts to end the war in Ukraine, the US president is ignoring crucial lessons about the consequences of appeasement.
A migraine is no ordinary headache. It’s a full-body experience, but it’s possible to stop an attack in its tracks – as long as you do it early enough.
Opioid overdoses are now complicated by a powerful animal tranquilliser.
From a longlist of nine, five novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 Climate Fiction Prize. Our academics review the finalists.
The tin would have made a 4,000km journey to thriving markets in the east Mediterranean.
Relationship quality was consistently lower for people with PMDD and their partners.
It may be time to move on from species stereotypes.
Jordan’s government has banned the Muslim Brotherhood movement, a week after 16 of its members were arrested
Sus intentos de modernización le granjearon admiradores y enemigos.
His attempts at modernisation won him fans and made him enemies.
Conflicts that have riven Sudan for decades have prompted some observers to predict the country will fall apart. But signs of popular resilience are emerging.
From poisons to purposefully contracting life-threatening illnesses, women have gone to wild lengths to look ‘beautiful’.
Pupils from poorer backgrounds – those eligible for free school meals – made less progress in their schooling than their peers.
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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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Professor, Director of Education in the Department of Engineering, Durham University
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PhD Candidate in International Relations, Durham University
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Theology, 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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ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Government and International Affairs, 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