Tim UnwinTim Unwin is Emeritus Professor of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London and Secretary General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation.

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Tim Unwin (born 1955) is Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in ICT for Development (ICT4D) and Professor of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London.

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He was previously Head of the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London between 1999 and 2001, and has also served as Honorary Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers) (1995-1997).

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Professor Chris Hackley, from Royal Holloway, University of London, also worked on the study.

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Even so, Dr Fiona Moore, a senior lecturer in human resource management at Royal Holloway, University of London, says Yahoo's move is to be celebrated.

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Nigel Raine, another ecologist from Royal Holloway, University of London, also studies these ant plants, and says that giraffes will go ahead and eat the leaves of the plants, although ants will then swarm onto their face and mouth and try to bite them.

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Meanwhile, back on planet Earth, Patrick Leman of Royal Holloway, a college of the University of London, has presented the results of his research into conspiracy theories to the annual meeting of the British Psychological Society, which was held last week in Bournemouth.

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New entrants are trying to get in on the act: Pearson, an educational publisher which owns 50% of The Economist, announced this week that it plans to offer its own degree course, accredited by Royal Holloway, part of the University of London.

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