Katie Burton
Open-source seeds: protecting new crops from privitisation
Mar 28, 2019
Published in
Development
Concern about the increasing privatisation of seeds has resulted in the creation of an open-source licence to keep seeds in public hands
Humpback whales based miles apart share songs
Mar 18, 2019
Published in
Wildlife
Two whale populations on either side of the African continent have been found to share passages of song
Why the sea is rising at different rates along the east coast of the US
Jan 24, 2019
Published in
Oceans
Sea levels are rising across the globe, but along the east coast of the US this appears to be occurring at different rates, with regions in the south experiencing higher sea levels than those in the north
A Private War by Matthew Heineman
Jan 18, 2019
Published in
Films
A harrowing and honest portrayal of the working life of Marie Colvin, the American war reporter killed in Syria in 2012
The world’s first omnivorous shark
Jan 15, 2019
Published in
Wildlife
Bonnethead sharks, the second smallest member of the hammerhead family, have been shown to not only eat, but digest seagrass, making them the first omnivorous shark known to scientists
SURVEILLANCE VALLEY: The Secret Military History of the Internet
Feb 07, 2019
Published in
Books
by Yasha Levine • Icon Books • £14.99 (paperback)
Volcanoes fed by ‘mush reservoirs’ not pools of liquid magma
Jan 28, 2019
Published in
Tectonics
Everything we thought we knew about eruptions could be wrong
The story behind Brazil’s 200 million termite mounds
Jan 10, 2019
Published in
Wildlife
The recent discovery of more than 200 million termite mounds in northeastern Brazil, the extent of which had never been understood before, throws up more questions than it answers
What’s behind the colour-changing monkeys of Costa Rica?
Dec 21, 2018
Published in
Wildlife
Are howler monkeys being adversely affected by ingestion of pesticides containing sulphur?
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