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From stone tools that prepared animal skins for humans to use as thermal insulation, to the advent of bone awls and eyed needles to create fitted and adorned clothing, Dr Ian Gilligan explores when we started to dress to impress.

A mysterious ceremonial monument is set to be uncovered for the third phase of an archaeological dig in Trelai Park.

Beneficiaries of Caliu Urbà (above) and the project monitoring committee (below), with the members of the University of Valencia Carles Xavier Simó, Ana Sales, Jordi Giner (lecturers) and Christian Varjas and Anna Urcullu (student interns).

In future, teenagers and young adults with learning difficulties should be given the opportunity to find out about the body, love and sexuality independently or with support of their own choosing.

Maddy Craig, Amitees Ghiasian, Daria Gerus, and Vivian Huang embraced new perspectives in their Communications for the Sciences course group project entitled, "Western Science vs.

Liberal societies are under pressure worldwide: internally eroded by right-wing populist electoral victories and growing economic inequality, externally challenged by the power play of autocratic governments.

A French-Swiss team has highlighted the long-term impact of socioeconomic inequalities on the quality of life of women who have had breast cancer.

A French-Swiss team has highlighted the long-term impact of socioeconomic inequalities on the quality of life of women who have had breast cancer.

The study by a researcher from the University of Bern provides extraordinary insights into the networks of Islamist accomplices in the USA. These are characterized by common socio-cultural features, geographical proximity and ideological affiliation. In particular, the results could well contribute to the fight against terror networks at a local level.

Efforts to tackle false information through fact-checking or media literacy initiatives increases the public's skepticism toward "fake news". However, they also breed distrust in genuine, fact-based news sources, a UZH-led study using online survey experiments in the US, Poland and Hong Kong shows. Studies have shown that few people actually come across false information in their day-to-day lives.

Lessons learned from efforts to bring wireless communications technologies to remote areas from the Arctic to the Andes could help widen global access to the benefits of the information age.

The Research Institute on Social Welfare Policy (Polibienestar) of the Universitat de València has presented the results of the European project InAdvance, which aims to improve the quality of life of patients with complex chronic non-oncological diseases.

Waterloo researchers to receive more than $3.4 million. The Government of Canada announced funding for several University of Waterloo faculty members through the New Frontiers Research Fund (NFRF).