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Why spite could destroy liberal democracy

As communism imploded in 1989, the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama asked if liberal democracy was “the end of history”, being the form all societies were destined to take. The past decades have suggested not. Illiberal democracies and hybrid democratic-authoritarian regimes continue to emerge. Fukuyama foresaw this possibility. He felt that citizens dissatisfied with liberty…

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Earth’s inner core is growing more on one side than the other – here’s why the planet isn’t tipping

More than 5,000 kilometres beneath us, Earth’s solid metal inner core wasn’t discovered until 1936. Almost a century later, we’re still struggling to answer basic questions about when and how it first formed. These aren’t easy puzzles to solve. We can’t directly sample the inner core, so the key to unravelling its mysteries lies in…

Endangered Landscapes Programme funding opportunities

The Endangered Landscapes Programme is working to demonstrate and deliver a vision for the future in which landscapes and seascapes: Support viable populations of native species with the capacity for landscape-scale movement Provide space for the natural functioning of ecological processes Provide sustainable cultural, social and economic benefits to people Are resilient to climate change…

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AutoNorms project announces upcoming conference presentations

The AutoNorms project (Transforming Norms Research through Practices: Weaponised Artificial Intelligence, Norms, and Order) have confirmed future research presentations set to take place in September. Science Peace Security 21 conference 8–10 September 2021 Ingvild Bode, Anna Nadibaidze, and Guangyu Qiao-Franco will present their research at the interdisciplinary Science Peace Security 21 conference. Dr Guangyu Qiao-Franco will…