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One election or many?

Do national vote shares mean much any more? How is the Remain Alliance meant to work? Is this a Brexit election? Catch up with the latest from POLIS academics Helen Thompson, Mike Kenny, Chris Bickerton and David Runciman.

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Research

Living with snow leopards

Local people in the Nepal Himalayas value snow leopards as much for the potential personal benefits they gain from the animals’ conservation as they do for the intrinsic value of this charismatic species.

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Dr James Riley

Did the Sixties dream die in 1969?

The year 1969 is held up as the end of an era, but fifty years on are we still buying into a dangerous myth? Counterculture expert James Riley delves into the darkness of the Sixties to sort fact from psychedelic fiction.

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‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas

A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and which could eventually be used to develop a sustainable liquid fuel alternative to petrol.

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