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17 Jul 2021: The Eocene Syndrome. In the early Eocene, starting around 55.8 million years ago, the sea level was hundreds of feet higher than today. There were no great ice sheets. The climate was extremely hot, despite the Sun being about half a percent weaker

17 Nov 2021: Shigella remains a common disease internationally with over 260 million cases a year, and an estimated 200,000 deaths as a result.

29 Oct 2021: The international experiment has close to 200 collaborators from 36 institutions in five countries, and is supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) in the UK.

8 Aug 2021: Queen's South Africa Medal, with bars for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901 & South Africa 1902, awarded to Pvt. T. Moore 1902. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria with veil. Reverse, Britannia in

4 Jun 2021: With over 200 collaborators worldwide, we have created a set of tools enabling the embedding of evidence into practice.

8 Aug 2021: Queen's South Africa Medal, with bars for Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith & Belfast, awarded to Pvt. P. Green 1902. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria with veil. Reverse, Britannia in the foreground facing right holding a standard and waving a

11 Jun 2021: The culture that was created also helped to establish more than 200 start-up businesses.

8 Aug 2021: Ghuznee Medal, awarded to Brigdr George Warren 1842. Obverse, a fortress. Reverse, the recipient's name above a mural crown, with laurel branches around. Ghuznee Medal, 1842 (First Afghan War). The First Afghan War was brought about, against a

17 Sep 2021: In 2020 Darwin College was one of around 200 organisations across the world invited to submit nominations for the Prize.

18 Oct 2021: 3 Structure Formation. 3 Structure Formation. Until now, we have discussed a universe which is perfectly homogeneous and isotropic. But that is not the universe we live in. Instead, our universe contains interesting objects which clump together,

8 Aug 2021: Naval General Service Medal, with bars for Centurion 18 Sep.t 1804, Trafalgar & Basque Roads 1809, awarded to AB James Cole, 1848. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Britannia with a trident seated sideways on a seahorse. Naval General

8 Aug 2021: Victoria Cross, awarded to Sgt. E. J. Mott, 1917. Obverse, a lion standing over a crown with the inscription on a banner below, on a Maltese cross. Reverse, inscription in a double ring on a Maltese cross. Victoria Cross, 1917 (Great War). The

8 Aug 2021: Endymion Crook (Midshipman's Badge), awarded in 1815. Obverse, a silver crook with the name ENDYMION in raised lettering. Reverse, plain silver crook. Endymion Crook (Midshipman's Badge), 1815 (American War of 1812'). As well as being extensively

8 Aug 2021: India Medal (1895-1902), with bar for Defence of Chitral 1895, awarded to Sepoy Zar Kash, 1896. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, a British and an Indian soldier supporting a standard together. India General Service Medal, 1896. By 1895 it

8 Aug 2021: Naval General Service Medal, with bar for Endymion wh. President, awarded to Boy Thomas Rowlands 1848. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Britannia with a trident seated sideways on a seahorse. Naval General Service Medal, 1848 (American

8 Aug 2021: Indian Mutiny Medal, with bars for Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow & Central India, awarded to Cpl. Patrick Keays, 1858. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Britannia before a lion standing facing left, she with a wreath in her right hand.

8 Aug 2021: Egyptian Medal, with bar for Tamaai, awarded to Driver F. Hanes, 1884. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria with veil. Reverse, the Sphinx on a pedestal facing left. Egyptian Medal, 1884. The serious weakening of Ottoman Egyptian power under foreign

8 Aug 2021: Allied Victory Medal 1914-1918 (Belgian), 1919. Obverse, Victory standing atop a disc with a sword and a wreath in her hands. Reverse, the arms of Belgium on crossed standards with a cross below, in a wreath with the arms of the other Allies

16 Oct 2021: 4 The Einstein Equations. 4 The Einstein Equations. It is now time to do some physics. The force of gravity is mediated by a gravitational field. The glory of general relativity is that this field is identified with a metric. g. μ. ν. (. x. ). on

8 Aug 2021: East India Company's Capture of Ceylon Medal, 1807. Obverse, English inscription. Reverse, Persian inscription. East India Company's Capture of Ceylon Medal, 1807. The island of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, was first taken over from its inhabitants by the