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Strikes: why refusing public sector pay rises won’t help reduce inflation

Professor Paul Whiteley

25 January 2023

Creatine supplements: what the research says about how they can help you get in shape

Dr Henry Chung

19 January 2023

Iran executes first protester as human rights abuses come under international scrutiny

Dr Sahar Maranlou

13 December 2022

New figures suggest only one in four Russians support Ukraine war, but that won't be enough to oust Putin

Professor Natasha Lindstaedt

09 December 2022

Inflation: how to improve official predictions – by asking the public

Professor Paul Whiteley

16 November 2022

Brazil: the new president inherits massive economic and environmental problems

Nicolas Forsans

11 November 2022

70 years of data suggest the Conservatives will suffer a big defeat at the next election – here’s how I worked it out

Professor Paul Whiteley

31 October 2022

Smartwatches could help detect and track COVID - here’s what the research shows

Dr Javier Andreu-Perez

03 October 2022

Ukraine war: I've just returned from Georgia where they are angry about the conflict and fear an invasion

Professor Natasha Lindstaedt

30 September 2022

Posh Spice sounds posher, but changing your working-class accent isn’t a ticket out of discrimination

Dr Amanda Cole

15 September 2022

How to spend time wisely – what young people can learn from retirees

Dr Boroka Bo

07 September 2022

Tory leadership race: will Liz Truss’s tax cut proposals win her votes? Here’s what voter data says

Professor Paul Whiteley

05 September 2022

Cost of living crisis: the UK needs to raise taxes not cut them – here’s why

Professor Paul Whiteley

23 August 2022

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