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University of Leicester
Coverage of University of Leicester in the Nexus archive.
- UK far right exploiting student stabbing attack 'to promote moral panic', expert says
A UK expert claims the far right is exploiting a student stabbing attack to create a moral panic. The interior minister accused activists of using the tragedy to incite violence after police were attacked at a protest related to a teenager's death.
- Oldest octopus fossil found to not be an octopus
A fossil initially thought to be the oldest octopus, Pohlsepia mazonensis, was reclassified as a decomposed nautiloid after advanced imaging analysis. The study by Thomas Clements and colleagues challenges previous assumptions about cephalopod evolution timelines.