An Increase in Animal Diversity was Facilitated by Ecologically-Driven Brain Complexity Throughout the Cambrian. [PDF]
BioessaysChipman AD.
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Beyond Westminster: How the Four‐Day Working Week Reached the UK Public Sector
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The United Kingdom's emergence as a public sector pioneer in the four‐day working week debate presents a striking paradox. A post‐Thatcher liberal market economy hostile to statutory working‐time reform might be expected to resist government‐sponsored working‐time reduction in the public sector.
Joan Sanchis, Raúl de Arriba
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Staking out the frontiers: The limits of the metazoan shallow marine fossil record. [PDF]
Sci AdvNeubauer TA, Harzhauser M.
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Has the Moment for Electoral Reform at Westminster Finally Arrived?
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The rise to power of Andy Burnham, a vocal critic of first past the post, has put Westminster electoral reform back on the political agenda. This article examines the case for reforming the voting system, why it has strengthened in recent years, why efforts have failed before and what this tells us about the necessary conditions for reform: a ...
Robert Ford
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Computational Fluid Dynamics to Investigate the Possible Behavior of <i>Ercaicunia multinodosa</i> While Swimming Inverted on the Water Surface. [PDF]
Biology (Basel)Li Y, Yang Z, Zhou Z.
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Government by WhatsApp? Transparency, Secrecy and Avoidance during Covid in the UK
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract It has been claimed repeatedly that transparency undermines decision‐making. The fear of disclosure means officials and politicians may not discuss policy fully, are inhibited from giving frank advice, and could avoid proper record keeping. The use of informal communications—particularly the use of WhatsApp—makes all these tensions more likely,
Ben Worthy, Martin Rosenbaum
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From Protest to Pluralist? The Green Party of England and Wales after a Decade of Political Upheaval
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The 2026 English local elections marked the strongest ever performance of the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW). This article places that success in the context of a decade of political upheaval and research into the party. It argues that the GPEW has grown by layering successive issue publics—anti‐austerity, Brexit and Gaza—onto an ...
James Dennison
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A paleoecological trophic network model of the Early Ordovician Lower Fezouata Shale (Morocco) fossil fauna. [PDF]
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Values versus Tactics: The Liberal Democrat Predicament
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The Liberal Democrats emerged from the 2024 election with their largest parliamentary party since 1923. The 2026 elections saw further progress in English local government and Scottish parliamentary elections, with support consolidating in areas of strength.
David Howarth
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The preservation of francolite-associated sulfate in lingulid brachiopods. [PDF]
Chem GeolTodes JP +4 more
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