The University of the West of England (UWE) was also considered, by RAE, to have "high levels of world-leading and internationally excellent research" in Biomedical Sciences, Art and Design and Communication, Cultural and Media Studies.

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With the leadership of Red Bull Stratos technical project director, Art Thompson, a world-leading team of scientists, engineers and experts in aerospace medicine have been assembled to not only create the equipment necessary to help Felix reach his personal goal of freefall from 120, 000 feet, but also to have the ability to deliver valuable physiological data to the scientific community.

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Instead, they argued, a fortuitous mutation in the human brain may have triggered an explosion in human creativity 50, 000 years ago, leading to a sudden appearance of personal ornaments, skilfully-crafted art, novel tools and weapons.

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