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A mobile app for Copenhagen has turned conventional history tours on their head, with an innovative living trail that tells a powerful story of murder, execution and anatomical dissection in the seventeenth century.Hidden Copenhagen will…

New research into the concept of “marine identity” has been officially endorsed as part of the UN Ocean Decade, after being submitted by Dr Pamela Buchan, a University of Exeter researcher and marine social scientist.Dr Buchan defines a…

Fatigue is the symptom that most significantly impacts the daily lives of long Covid patients, and can affect quality of life more than some cancers, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and the University of Exeter.The research,…

How climate change could give rise to “fish wars” between nations is the subject of a new research project awarded a £1.1m grant by the US Department of Defense.The project, entitled “Future Fish Wars: Chasing Ocean Ecosystem Wealth”, is…

Research into the historic and contemporary representation of Indian and Sri Lankan tea plantations and the people who work in them is to inform an innovative online event for the general public.Taking Tea will offer a free virtual tour…

California’s Cap and Trade Programme does not achieve its twin goal of reducing carbon emissions while allowing for economic growth, according to a pioneering new study.Professor Enrico Onali (Head of Finance and Accounting at the…

Artificial night-time light confuses a colour-changing coastal woodlouse, new research shows.The sea slater is an inch-long woodlouse that lives around the high-tide line and is common in the UK and Europe.Sea slaters forage at night and…

The first excavated evidence that the Roman army were mining metals in Cornwall within just a few years of invading Britain has been unearthed thanks to an Exeter archaeologist and the new series of Channel Four’s The Great British…

Experts have identified coordinated efforts to saturate YouTube’s recommender algorithm, flooding users with pro- Bolsonaro content during the 2022 Brazil election.Researchers from the University of Exeter and Instituto Vero have…

Children born to non-graduate parents in 1989 were almost three times more likely to get a degree compared to those born in 1958, new analysis shows.Graduation rates for those who were the first in their family to pursue higher education…