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Way Out sign on London Underground

Tired of London? Maybe it’s time to change postal districts

12 Jan 2015

“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life,” observed the writer Samuel Johnson in the eighteenth century. In fact, research published today...

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Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding linked to lower risk of postnatal depression

20 Aug 2014

A new study of over 10,000 mothers has shown that women who breastfed their babies were at significantly lower risk of postnatal depression than...

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Mrs Nicola Padfield

'Vinter v UK - The Right to Hope and the Whole Life Tariff'

17 Jul 2013

The case of Vinter v UK was recently decided by the European Court of Human Rights, and has raised a good deal of controversy regarding the right of...

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Mudflat and marsh at Abbots Hall, Essex

After the flood: harnessing the power of mud

31 Jan 2013

On the 60th Anniversary of the ‘big flood’ that devastated the coastline of eastern England, new research shows that integrating ‘natural’ sea...

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An image of the theatre at Interamna Lirenas, in Southern Lazio, which emerged from the latest study.

Geophysical survey reveals first images of lost Roman town

05 Sep 2012

An ancient Italian town whose remains are buried beneath the earth has been mapped by a team of researchers, revealing evidence of a bustling social...

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Coins

Links between money and happiness explored

17 Dec 2010

The question of whether money buys happiness comes up frequently in discussions of subjective wellbeing in both scholarly debates and casual...

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Headphones

You Are What You Listen To

21 Aug 2009

It may not be possible to judge a book by its cover, but judging someone by the contents of their iTunes library could be a very different story, new...

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King's College Cambridge

Cambridge academics elected as Fellows of the Royal Society

15 May 2009

Nine of the 44 new Royal Society Fellows announced today are Cambridge academics. Their election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society recognises...

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Fitzwilliam toasts success of Japanese year abroad scheme

09 Jan 2007

The graduates of a programme which allows alumni from Fitzwilliam College to spend a year studying in Japan will reunite at Westminster today to...

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