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Turkey-Syria earthquake: the scandal of not being prepared

The magnitude-7.8 earthquake near Gaziantep that struck southeastern Turkey and neighbouring Syria on February 6, and the large aftershocks that followed, destroyed thousands of buildings and claimed tens of thousands of lives.

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Discovery of book in Scottish castle reveals fascinating detail of Robert Burns's domestic life

I have experienced a few eureka moments in my career – usually the result of sheer luck or serendipity. In late 2021, I was part of the Editing Burns in the 21st Century team working on the new Oxford University Press edition of the Complete Works of Robert Burns. I…

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'Queen' tops UK children’s word of the year for 2022

'Queen' has been chosen by UK's children as the word of the year for 2022, as per a research by Oxford University Press (OUP). While 'Queen' topped the voting, the second most voted word was "happy", followed by the word "chaos".

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‘Queen’ is UK children’s word of the year for 2022

Almost half of the children surveyed by Oxford University Press chose ‘Queen’ as their top word, with ‘happy’ and ‘chaos’ in second and third place

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Another Alternative to Student-Run Law Reviews

The Journal of Legal Analysis at Harvard Law School is trying to broaden its coverage

Reason

What does Mars sound like? Rover microphone has recorded the red planet's dust devils

A dust devil looks a bit like a tornado, but is weaker and rarely lasts more than about a minute. It is a twisting column of warmed air scooting across sun-heated ground, made visible by the dust that it lofts upwards. Although usually benign, occasionally dust devils can kill.

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Oxford Word of the Year a hangover from COVID lockdowns

Harsh lockdowns might be no more, but Oxford's Word of the Year shows people might still be suffering a hangover from COVID restrictions.

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Oxford’s word of the year speaks to the ‘unapologetically self-indulgent and lazy’ among us

The term was described as "a 2022 expression."

Fortune

May I have a word about… what it means to be in goblin mode

It’s on the shortlist for Oxford University Press’s word of the year. But what on earth does it signify?

The Guardian - UK

'Metaverse' could be word of the year, Johnnie Walker launches an NFT, and Mattel creates an NFT marketplace

"Metaverse" is competing against two other terms for the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year, plus NFT news from Johnnie Walker and Mattel.

Fortune

Oxford word of the year to face its first public vote

Three ‘words’ selected by Oxford University Press – ‘goblin mode’, ‘#IStandWith’ and ‘metaverse’ – can now be voted for online

The Guardian - UK

100th anniversary of King Tutankhamun's tomb discovery marked by new book

Egyptologist Dr Bob Brier has written a new book marking the 100th anniversary of archaeologist Howard Carter and his team's discovery of the boy king's tomb in 1922

Daily Mirror

Frank Drake has passed away but his equation for alien intelligence is more important than ever

How many intelligent civilisations should there be in our galaxy right now? In 1961, the US astrophysicist Frank Drake, who passed away on September 2 at the age of 92, came up with an equation to estimate this. The Drake equation, dating from a stage in his career when he…

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A new dictionary will document the lexicon of African American English

A new research collaboration between Harvard University and Oxford University Press aims to compile the first fully-formed dictionary of African American English.

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Nasa considers sending swimming robots to habitable 'ocean worlds' of the Solar System

Nasa has recently announced US$600,000 (£495,000) in funding for a study into the feasibility of sending swarms of miniature swimming robots (known as independent micro-swimmers) to explore oceans beneath the icy shells of our Solar System’s many “ocean worlds”. But don’t imagine metal humanoids swimming frog-like underwater. They will probably…

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A 'doorway' on Mars? How we see things in space that aren't there

Enthusiasts lit up social media recently with images of what appeared to be a “doorway” into a hillside on Mars. Was it, some wondered, evidence that the red planet could be, or have been, inhabited by aliens? The “door” was imaged by Nasa’s Curiosity rover on May 7 on the…

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Being housed is not the same as having a home

‘Home’ is not only a place to sleep. Well-being comes from the social aspects of home just as much as from four walls and a roof.

Bangkok Post

A personal reflection on Thailand as a nation

Historian alone is an inadequate description. Charnvit Kasetsiri is a historian-activist. In 1973, he wrote a pioneering history of Ayutthaya as a Cornell University doctorate, published by Oxford University Press. He taught at Thammasat University for five decades and briefly served as rector. He has presented on Thai history at…

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‘No longer appropriate’ Biff Chip and Kipper book pulled by Oxford University Press

Characters in the book described a foreign country as “scary” and the people as “unfriendly”

The Guardian - UK

Oxford University Press pulps ‘no longer appropriate’ Biff, Chip and Kipper book

The Blue Eye, which features ‘scary’ people in street market, has been withdrawn from sale after complaints

The Conversation

Pluto: 'recent' volcanism raises puzzle – how can such a cold body power eruptions?

Pluto, the Solar System’s largest dwarf planet, just became even more interesting with a report that icy lava flows have recently covered substantial tracts of its surface. In this context, “recently” means probably no more than a billion years ago. That’s old, of course – and there is no suggestion…

The Times of India

Study finds weight loss cuts down your risk of colorectal cancer

The findings of a recent study have shed some light on whether losing weight reduces the risk of cancer. The study in ‘JNCI Cancer Spectrum, published by Oxford University Press, indicated that overweight and obese people who lose weight may reduce their chances of later developing colorectal adenoma: a type…

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'Anxiety' is children’s word of the year as per OUP

'Anxiety' has been picked as the children's word of the year by Oxford University Press (OUP), based on their recent research.

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