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Demônios eram considerados muito reais e muito ameaçadores durante o período medieval e o início da modernidade.
Demons were considered very real and very threatening throughout the medieval and early-modern periods.
The technology holds huge potential for use in visual effects, but there are also risks for the industry.
The predicted range of future warming remains stubbornly wide. But trying to land on a precise number diverts effort and attention from the climate impacts we’re already seeing.
The mission will investigate the potential for life at the icy moon of Jupiter.
The UN faces a crisis because of its failure to address the world’s biggest conflicts.
A thornback was seen as an unattractive and unloveable woman who had yet to find a man to save her from her predicament. We don’t need to bring the term back
Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes and might never return.
Where artists relocate, gentrification invariably follows, but inner city projects are showing that local communities can resurrect declining neighbourhoods through arts and culture for all.
A white box designed by Robert Louis Stevenson’s dad revolutionised weather monitoring, and is still in use.
The global average temperature could continue to hover around 1.5°C for several years.
These stories address the needs and assert the agency of women.
Young representatives pay special attention to reflecting the concerns of young people.
Brains evolve with body size according to a simple rule. Exceptions to that rule include our own species with enormous brains.
Trials of four-day working weeks have produced different results - can the approach be good for staff and their bosses?
Just under a quarter of the new parliament went to private school.
Se você toma diariamente uma dose baixa de aspirina para prevenir doenças cardíacas e nunca teve problemas cardíacos antes, talvez seja melhor conversar com seu médico
If you take a daily low-dose aspirin to prevent heart disease and you’ve never had heart problems before, you might want to talk to your doctor.
Nato member countries are facing a number of security threats including sabotage.
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Chair in the History of Finance and Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research, Prosperity and Resilience, Henley Business School, University of Reading
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Head of School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences and Professor of Meteorology, University of Reading
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Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Reading
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Visiting Research Fellow Department of History, University of Reading
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Professor of Climate Science, University of Reading
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Reading
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Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Reading
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Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science, University of Reading
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in History, University of Reading
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Professor of Language and Literacy Development, University of Reading
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Professor of Energy Economics and Policy, University of Reading
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Senior Research Fellow in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading
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Professor of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Bournemouth University; University of Reading
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Associate Professor in Cellular Microbiology, University of Reading
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Associate Professor in the Department of Language and Cultures, University of Reading