Air pollution is at a point of urgency according to the International Energy Agency’s recent report claiming that over 6 million people a year die from lack of clean air. The causes and cures are believed to lie in the energy sector, which means it is time for international governments to start taking more responsibility…
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50th Wildlife Photographer of the Year announced
Last Tuesday marked the 50th anniversary of a prestigious event in every wildlife photographer’s calendar, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition (WPY). The overall winner was declared to be “The Last Great Picture” by Michael “Nick” Nichols. His monochrome picture of a sleeping pride of lions set against the African plain was described by…
UEA researchers identify molecules that direct heart-forming cells in embryos
Jacob Beebe on the latest news from the School of Biological Sciences.
Space race touchdown
Julie Bishop on the so-called Second Space Race between governments and private business.
Lend me your ears
Dominic Burchnall on possible gene therapy for the delicate parts of the inner ear.
Looking hot
Heat vision has typically been the reserve of pit vipers, rattlesnakes and individuals with access to very front heavy goggles. But now in addition to the plans to add micro-circuitry which will allow for a Terminator-esque information overlay to the world, engineers from the University of Michigan have developed an infrared sensor minute enough to…
Gravitational ‘smoke’ from the big bang
Mabon Elis on the ground breaking discoveries about the big bang.
A mammoth task
Since 2003, when French and Spanish researchers seemingly reversed time and revived an extinct species of wild goat (the burcado), the process now dubbed “de-extinction” has been linked with bringing back other species from the depths of time. A discovery last year of a highly preserved 47,000 year old mammoth in eastern Siberia, has recently…