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‘I hope I can turn it down.’ Chris T-T Contemplates a Quieter Life (Interview)
Like holding back the tide, folk singer and reluctant activist Chris T-T struggles to adapt to a life without opinions (read more)
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How Goldfish Make Alcohol
Scientists reveal how goldfish make alcohol to survive without oxygen (read more)
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The Biology of Colour (and Why There are No Purple Cows)
Study explores advances and challenges in the field of animal coloration (read more)
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Crispy Jellyfish: Coming Soon to a Buddha Bowl Near You
New methods of preparation mean jellyfish may soon be accepted as a healthy snack (read more)
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Summer Superfood Alert: Red Algae
What makes red algae so different and why should we care? (read more)
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Don’t Fear the Reaper: Domestication of Seeds was Earlier than We Thought
Synchrotron light used to show human domestication of seeds from 2000 BC (read more)
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Is Altitude Sickness Harshing Your Midlife Crisis? Fixed.
Acetaminophen: A viable alternative for preventing acute mountain sickness (read more)
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When the Whine… Stops. How to Manipulate Mosquitoes
Researchers use light to manipulate mosquitoes (read more)
Society
We Don’t Need New Politics, We Need New Gods
What deities should be placed before the God of Money? (read more)
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Grass Roots and Green Shoots: At Jeremy Corbyn’s Allotment
What’s mostly green but red all over? (read more)
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Better Ways to Harness Wind Power
It’s a breeze: How to harness the power of the wind (read more)
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Did You Know Sydney Harbour’s Dirty Secret?
Beautiful but burpy: Sydney Harbour’s toxic emissions are equivalent to 200 cars on the roads (read more)
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Where Were the Lawnmowers Radicalized?
Lawn mower injuries send 13 children to the emergency department every day (read more)
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Stronger, Bo(u)lder: Rock Hugging Against Depression
Bouldering envisioned as new treatment for depression (read more)
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Did You Know When Aussie Brown Snakes are even MORE Venomous?
Discovering the key to what makes the Eastern Brown Snake’s venom even more potent (read more)
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Some Corals Are Adapting to Global Warming. Some Aren’t.
WCS coral expert finds that some reefs were less sensitive to warming water over time (read more)
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Could Artificial Photosynthesis = Global Cooling? Ask a Boffin
Scientist invents way to trigger artificial photosynthesis to clean air (read more)
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Snap Your Shiny Suspenders for Sustainable Rubber
Findings by Delaware scientists could transform the multi-billion-dollar plastics and rubber industries (read more)
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Know Your Moles: The Star-Nosed Mole
Strange-looking creature yields surprising insights about nerves, brains and extreme adaptation (read more)
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Frog Slime: The Cure for the Common Cold… Almost
Frog slime kills flu virus (read more)
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Shell Beans, Not Schools: In Search of the WIld Fava Bean
Seeds from a site in Northern Israel are the ancestors of today’s fava beans (read more)
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Sex Obsession Kills Snakes! Randy Reptiles’ Reckless Rutting
Snake orgy research reveals s-s-secret to longer life (read more)
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The Anthropocene Era: Setting it in Stone
Rocks that tell our industrial history (read more)
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Risky Business: Farming in a Time of Climate Change
Farming becoming riskier under climate change (read more)
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The Ranavirus: How Do You Give Antibiotics to a Toad?
A virus lethal to amphibians is spreading across Portugal (read more)
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Stop Playing God! The Downside to Resurrecting Extinct Species
Resurrecting extinct species might come at a terrible cost (read more)
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Going Anywhere for your Hols? Basking Sharks like Winter Sun too.
Winter habits of Britain’s basking sharks revealed (read more)
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It’s Why They Call it Skunk: Cannabis and Pollution
Legal marijuana sales creating escalating damage to the environment (read more)
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Waiting (and waiting) for My Man: Marine Snails as Opioid Alternative
An alternative to opioids? Compound from marine snail is potent pain reliever (read more)
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Oceans of Lucre: Towards a Lasting ‘Blue Economy’
Marine ecologist offers suggestions for achieving a strong, lasting ‘blue economy’ (read more)