For over 500 years, Oxford graduates pledged to hate Henry Symeonis. So, who is he?
It's one of the weirdest pledges you'll ever come across.
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Oxford Academics Used a Human Skull as a Wine Cup—Until 2015
It sounds like a scene from gothic fiction, but it’s real.
Students once made Oxford the murder capital of late medieval England
It’s now a place for learning, but long ago it had a very different reputation.
The most promising coronavirus vaccine passes key safety trial
The vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca produced antibodies against the coronavirus.
Oxford starts first UK coronavirus vaccine trial
More than 800 volunteers will be given the first dose of a vaccine.
The “Yeti” is a bear… but which kind?
A year ago, Oxford University professor of human genetics Bryan Sykes and his colleagues took some unusual hair samples found ...
How cockroaches make democratic group decisions
For cockroaches, it seems, collaboration comes naturally: when 50 cockroaches are presented with 3 shelters which can only host 40 ...
Bionic glasses aim to replace guide dogs for the visually impaired
On display at one of the featured stands at this year’s Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition is a pair of ...
