Weekly Science Picks
“La rentrée!” Paris — first week of September. It’s when the city reignites again, everyone
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Alien encounters and the man from Grenada
The month of August indeed belonged to the tiny rover that could — Curiosity. We
The rise in representation of non-human entities
It happened over ten years ago. Jimmy was incarcerated against his will, held in a
Fear of Ebola
“…the last big outbreak I experienced in Uganda [was] in 2007. When MSF arrived a
America in the time of AIDS
This week the world descends on Washington DC, to discuss, evaluate, and get the state
The extinction that is yet to come
By 2050 they will all be gone. The worst is yet to come. The Amazon
Mr Boson, I presume…?
When Peter Higgs steps out onto the tarmac at an airport near the franco-swiss border,
The clues to human uniqueness
Over 2 million years ago, before the emergence of the genus Homo, within the rift
The pitcher plant, the beetle, and relying on rain for your next meal
It’s a trap! In the fields of Brunei Darussalam in North Borneo, once a crown
The Olympics Mass Effect
59 Days to go. Simply put, for those that care about the London Olympics —
Saving Australia’s Koalas
In an emergency room at Beerwah, Queensland, the phone rings almost 100 times a day.
The social network of solitary lizards
Burra, South Australia. Dirt roads link sparsely populated towns and communities once home to copper
How many genes does it take to vote?
“2 genes predict voter turnout” If it was as simple as that we can forego
Battlefield Theory
Imagine the scene — from the mouth and nose, through the pharynx into the trachea,