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The Brexit process will take two years but it is having an immediate effect on your finances.
Work, consume, die. The relentless drive for improvements in our workplaces brings unexpected costs.
As Spain found out at its last election, voting for change is one thing, but achieving it is quite another.
Do you see the world as made up of nations? Are you a citizen of a city or a region? These questions could help you on June 23.
The number of refugees crossing the Aegean has dropped in recent months, but thousands are still stuck on a Greek island.
L’Égypte ancienne utilisait du fer métallique trouvé dans des météorites tombées du ciel. Est-ce en raison de cette origine céleste qu’un tel fer a été utilisé pour une dague de Toutankhamon ?
Former NASA astronaut Ron Garan speaks his mind about space travel, terraforming and religion.
Research has confirmed a knife found in the ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb was made with metal from the heavens.
Micro-volunteering has micro-benefits. It’s better to get into volunteering for the longer term.
American democracy is in thrall to an aggressive demagogue – and Adam Smith and friends saw it coming more than 200 years ago.
The story of how water got inside the moon could also help us understand the origin of water on Earth.
New report shows millions in the UK are denied essential financial services because of disability, disease and age.
De l’eau, de la nourriture et un téléphone : voilà ce qui peut assurer la survie de ces centaines de milliers de migrants fuyant la guerre ou la misère au péril de leur vie.
Drinking booze can have some quite different effects on brain and body.
One of the worst hit countries during the financial crisis has regained economic strength inside a gilded cage – to the extent that it can now step outside, melt it down and re-sell the gold.
Life on Earth may have started with a bit of sunshine and showers, followed with a light breeze of laughing gas and a sprinkle of hydrogen cyanide.
Calls to stop division between emergency and development aid will be heard at UN’s first ever humanitarian summit.
The cost of justice puts victims at a disadvantage.
Whatsapp has become the most popular way to share maps and information, because it’s encrypted.
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Academic Lead, Access Participation and Success Faculty of Business and Law, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Financial Management, The Open University
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Lecturer in Biomedical Health Science, The Open University
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Associate Lecturer, The Open University
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Visiting Academic, The Open University
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Lecturer in Social Work, The Open University
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Research Fellow, School of Languages and Applied Linguistics, The Open University
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Visiting Fellow in History, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer In Popular Music, The Open University
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Visiting Fellow, The Open University
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Professor of Politics & International Studies, The Open University
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Professor of Transport Strategy, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Art History and Heritage, The Open University
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Professor of Finance, The Open University