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Merlin wasn't a wizard but a poet and a prophet with an interest in the natural world, studies into the earliest poems about him show.

Researchers investigate certificates promising sustainability for cocoa cultivation in Ghana Sustainability certificates such as Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and Cocoa Life promise to improve the livelihoods of small-scale cocoa producers while preserving the biodiversity on their plantations. Together with the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, researchers from the University of Göttingen have investigated whether sustainability certificates actually achieve both these goals.

The fourth Antarctic campaign of the -Beyond EPICA - Oldest Iceproject, funded by the European Commission, has achieved a historic milestone for climate science.

The book Global Mega-Science: Universities, Research Collaborations, and Knowledge Production, edited by Profs.

Whether it's Santa Claus, Father Christmas, or St Nicholas that he goes by, at this time of year children everywhere are excited for his arrival.

52 Johns Hopkins-affiliated scholars among world's most cited researchers Annual list recognizes researchers whose publications rank in the top 1% of citations Fifty-two researchers affiliated with J

HU biologist Kerstin Kaufmann leads ERC research project to unravel complex pattern formation processes in biological systems.