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The death of Pope Francis has prompted outpourings of grief from followers and tributes to the Jesuit who began life as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires in 1936. Across The Conversation network, senior academics have been considering his legacy in a variety of areas, from the impact he had on the role of women in the Catholic Church to what his papacy meant for Africa.
But what of the climate crisis? Celia Deane-Drummond, Professor of Theology at the University of Oxford, met Francis at a conference on the future of the planet and explains that his influence on the attempt to limit human-driven climate change was profound. All the network’s coverage in English of Pope Francis can be read here.
And why do scientists want to spend billions on a successor to the Large Hadron Collider? Tessa Charles and Ulrik Egede of Monash University explain.
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Indigenous representatives of Amazonian communities with Pope Francis in the Vatican gardens.
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Celia Deane-Drummond, University of Oxford
Pope Francis witnessed the destruction of the Amazon and the plight of South America’s poorest communities
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Joel Hodge, Australian Catholic University; Antonia Pizzey, Australian Catholic University
Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, a day after greeting crowds at St Peter’s Square. From the very start of his papacy, he seemed determined to do things differently.
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Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
Holding a conclave to elect a pope is a tradition that goes back centuries.
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Kathleen Garland, Monash University; Alistair Evans, Monash University
Bird beaks are incredibly diverse – but there’s a way to explain the pattern of their evolution.
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Ivona Hideg, York University, Canada; Tanja Hentschel, University of Amsterdam; Winny Shen, York University, Canada
Although women have long been stereotyped as being “too emotional” for leadership roles, new research suggests it’s actually men who are more likely to let emotions drive their behaviour.
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Megan Quail, Aberystwyth University
Goats have outperformed sheep and alpacas in a series of cognitive tests, suggesting they’re the sharpest minds in the barnyard.
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Tessa Charles, Monash University; Ulrik Egede, Monash University
The proposed Future Circular Collider could answer questions about the nature of the universe – and have practical benefits along the way.
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Shyam Balaji, King's College London
Sometimes, looking inward, to the dynamic, glowing centre of our own galaxy, reveals the most unexpected hints of what lies beyond.
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Billy Bryan, RAND Europe; Chris Carter, RAND Europe; Theodora Ogden, RAND Europe
Learning about these interstellar objects could give us insights into other star systems.
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Robert Muggah, Instituto Igarapé
Across Brazil organised crime is diversifying beyond narcotics, arms trafficking into the biofuel and fossil fuel sectors
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