Norwegian reindeer herds boosted by climate change
Researchers say climate change isn't threatening reindeer on the Norwegian high arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
Ecology
Jul 16, 2014
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Geographical differences in UK language divide
Whereas 'pants'-wearing Northerners enjoy a 'bap', 'bun' or 'barm' for their 'tea', Southerners in 'trousers' are more likely to tuck into a 'roll' for their 'dinner', find language researchers at The University of Manchester.
Social Sciences
Dec 4, 2013
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Ethnic minority life: Experts give fullest picture yet
One of the most complete insights into ethnic minority life in contemporary England and Wales is to be drawn together at a University of Manchester event this week (30 October).
Social Sciences
Oct 28, 2013
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Fabulous figurines reveal secrets of ancient Africa
(Phys.org) —Secrets of sixty remarkable clay figurines - up to 1,400-years-old and excavated by archaeologists from The Universities of Ghana and Manchester, and the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB)– are to be ...
Archaeology
Oct 23, 2013
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1920s council planners helped start rainy Manchester myth
An innocuous council planning report from 1926 which contained a rain map of the region is partly to blame for Manchester's rainy image, says a University of Manchester researcher.
Other
Oct 8, 2013
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The city that never was: 40 years of plans for Manchester go online
Eight reports spanning 40 years of what planners wanted and often failed to do in Manchester have been made available to the public, in the first project of its kind in the UK.
Other
Oct 1, 2013
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