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BBC News

Male Y chromosome extinction theory challenged
BBC News
Commenting on the paper, Professor Mark Pagel, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Reading and author of Wired for Culture: Origins of the Human Social Mind, said that while there might be some squabbling in academic circles over the timings ...

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More varsities coming
New Straits Times
The latest applicants allowed to set up campuses here were University of Reading and Heriot-Watt University, both from the United Kingdom. “We've even received applications to set up new private universities from established players although their ...

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32000-year-old Plant Cloned; What's Next, Woolly Mammoths?
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
Alastair Murdoch, an expert on seed viability at the University of Reading in England, told the Times that “It's beyond the bounds of what we'd expect.” He cited as an example poppy seeds: if kept at minus 7 degrees Celsius for 160 years, ...

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Reading Launches Oil & Gas Law LL.M. / MSc Program
LLM GUIDE
The University of Reading School of Law has announced it will begin a new Oil & Gas LL.M. / MSc program this fall. Both the LL.M. and MSc programs can be taken full-time over one year, or part-time over two years. Both programs also have October and ...

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National Post

Ancient plant resurrected after 32000 years
Ninemsn
However, some experts, such as Alastair Murdoch at the University of Reading in England, are sceptical and hoping for further proof. "It's beyond the bounds of what we'd expect," he said of the seed's survival. Do you have a photo or video that should ...
Dead for 32000 Years, an Arctic Plant Is RevivedNew York Times
A 32000 year-old-'dead' arctic flower fecund after allAlaska Dispatch

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In-house pharmacists can help GPs reduce prescribing errors by up to 50%
HealthCanal.com
Dr Avery and his team, which involved the University of Manchester, the University of Reading, the University of Otago in New Zealand, and the University of Edinburgh, studied GP practices in Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Central and Eastern ...

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National Post

Blog Nuggets: Despite warnings, US widening lead as world's fattest country
National Post
The very staples of modern gardening, from mowing and watering the lawn to the use of peat and pesticides, have a harmful effect on the environment, claim experts from the University of Reading, the University of Sheffield, and the Royal Horticultural ...

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SSE PLC : Thames Valley energy project launched to prepare electricity network ...
4-traders
Working with SSE on trials and research are a number of important partners, including Bracknell Forest Council, and local companies such as Honeywell, GE, the University of Reading, Kema, and EA technology, all of whom will provide services and ...

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The Guardian

Peter Slee, deputy vice chancellor, University of Huddersfield
The Guardian
Peter is an historian with a degree in History from the University of Reading and a PhD in Modern History from Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He has published in modern history and higher education strategy and management. He is a Fellow of the Royal ...

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Sydney Morning Herald

Blooming miracle: Russians give life to Ice Age flower
Sydney Morning Herald
''It's beyond the bounds of what we'd expect,'' said Alastair Murdoch, an expert on seed viability at the University of Reading in England. When poppy seeds are kept at minus 7 degrees, the temperature the Russians reported for the campions, ...
Russians Revive 30000 Year Old PlantInternational Business Times AU

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