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NEW podcast series launch: That's Science! Separating myth from fact

What do you really know about the world?
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Dr. Kimberley Simpson awarded prestigious Founders' Prize by the British Ecological Society

The British Ecological Society (BES) has awarded the Founders’ Prize to Dr. Kimberley Simpson of the School of Biosciences in recognition of her groundbreaking research in ecology.
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Professor Robertus von Fay-Siebenburgen awarded the 2025 Institute of Physics Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin Medal and Prize

Robertus has received their award for outstanding contributions to solar theory over the decades and innovative approaches and leadership for ground-based solar instrumentation with application to space weather.
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NERC celebrating the five year anniversary of its publicly-funded Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF)

NEOF is provided by the Universities of Liverpool and Sheffield, and like its predecessor NBAF, has been managed by the British Geological Survey (BGS).

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Why some women experience side effects while taking the pill

Researchers have identified a “nocebo effect” in relation to the contraceptive pill, where psychological factors such as negative expectations or anxiety about using a medicine drives a physical response in the body.