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The science of stand‑up: mapping hidden patterns in live comedy

Stand‑up comedy shows are far more carefully structured and timed than they may first appear.

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Alumnus wins major international business school award for plant-based milk start-up

A King’s Business School alumnus has taken the Start-up of the Year Award at the 2026 AMBA BGA Awards.

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King's researchers win Medical Research Foundation Emerging Leaders Prizes

The Medical Research Foundation have announced King’s researchers Dr Gemma Knowles, Dr Maria Rogdaki and Dr Josefien Breedvelt as three of the four winners of...

Collage of winners Dr Gemma Knowles, Dr Maria Rogdaki and Dr Josefien Breedvelt

Cash: what is it good for? Let's find out

We're launching the Cash Lab to see if unconditional cash transfers can improve outcomes in areas where traditional interventions fall short

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Researchers identify genetic blueprint of mania in bipolar disorder

Researchers at King’s College London and the University of Florence have, for the first time, identified the specific genetic blueprint of mania, the defining...

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New 'Cash Lab' to test whether direct cash transfers can break cycle of poverty

Researchers are testing whether direct financial support could offer a simpler, more effective response to the problems caused by poverty

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COMMENT: How interwar fiction made sense of an increasingly noisy world

Noise was first considered a public health issue in interwar Britain – called the “age of noise” by the author and essayist Aldous Huxley.

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The UK cannot see its relations with China as purely about problems it sees in China, says expert

Sir Keir Starmer's arrival in China this week is the first visit from the UK to the People’s Republic since Theresa May in 2018. This is a significant gap;...

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Global study reshapes understanding of historic wage gaps between nations

Climate-adjusted wages challenge the story of when global powers really emerged.

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COMMENT: The India-UK trade deal is a prime opportunity to protect to some of the world's most vulnerable workers

The critical question is not whether it will generate employment in India – it almost certainly will – but what kind of employment it will create.

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Connecting Eating Disorders Research and Art: Stories in Shape & Sound

The EDIFY Programme celebrated the work of its four Artists in Residence during a recent exhibition and panel discussion titled Stories in Shape & Sound.

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King's academic wins Nero Book Award

Seascraper by Benjamin Wood, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing in the Department of English, has won the fiction category at the Nero Book Awards.

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Neurodivergent children in temporary accommodation face “torture‑like” conditions, new report warns

The new report exposes a hidden crisis at the intersection of housing, childhood and neurodiversity

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Vice-Chancellor joins UK–Indonesia talks to deepen higher education collaboration

Professor Shitij Kapur, Vice-Chancellor & President of King’s College London, met Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto alongside UK university leaders to...

President Prabowo Subianto speaks at UK-Indonesia roundtable

Unit Director in £11m mental health research initiative

The new NIHR Mental Health Research Group is led by Lancaster University

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