Erin

Erin

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Tiny robots and AI algorithms could help to craft material solutions for cleaner environments

Tiny robots and AI algorithms could help to craft material solutions for cleaner environments

Many human activities release pollutants into the air, water and soil. These harmful...

Society
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Collaboratively imagining the future can bring people closer together in the present

Collaboratively imagining the future can bring people closer together in the present

Warm sun on your face, a gentle salty breeze, the sound of ocean waves. Your friend...

Research
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Astronomers can’t agree on how fast the universe is expanding. New approaches are aiming to break the impasse

Astronomers can’t agree on how fast the universe is expanding. New approaches are aiming to break the impasse

It is almost 100 years since scientists discovered the universe is expanding

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Could rotating black holes be the wind turbines powering the distant future? We tested the physics

Could rotating black holes be the wind turbines powering the distant future? We tested the physics

Black holes are mysterious objects – there’s a lot we don’t know about them. One...

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Plants can grow in near-darkness, new research shows – here are three promising benefits

Plants can grow in near-darkness, new research shows – here are three promising benefits

The German-led team of researchers lowered light sensors into Arctic water to a...

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Why we haven’t evolved better knees – new research

Why we haven’t evolved better knees – new research

The groans of pain as we get up from the sofa or the sound of crunching cartilage...

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A 149 million-year-old pterosaur is Britain’s largest flying animal – how scientists proved it from a single finger bone

A 149 million-year-old pterosaur is Britain’s largest flying animal – how scientists proved it from a single finger bone

These results reveal it to be the largest British pterosaur yet described, and the...

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Antibacterial discovery: how scavengers avoid infection and what we can learn from them

Antibacterial discovery: how scavengers avoid infection and what we can learn from them

Antibacterial discovery has become a pressing global challenge

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‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman

‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman

We caught up with one of this year’s winners, Saul Justin Newman, a senior research...

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Cosmology is at a tipping point – we may be on the verge of discovering new physics

Cosmology is at a tipping point – we may be on the verge of discovering new physics

For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established...

Health
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How to improve your flexibility – the body’s secret weapon for staying healthy and active

How to improve your flexibility – the body’s secret weapon for staying healthy and active

Flexibility might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about...

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Broken temperature records are alarming but it is not too late to limit global warming

Broken temperature records are alarming but it is not too late to limit global warming

Let’s grapple with those questions and put these recent climate records into perspective

Society
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What is societal collapse? Lessons from the past can help us understand our future, but only to a point

What is societal collapse? Lessons from the past can help us understand our future, but only to a point

As the climate crisis accelerates, it’s hard not to wonder if today’s societies...

Health
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How much does aging affect mental acuity? It’s debatable

How much does aging affect mental acuity? It’s debatable

I cringed recently while driving to the clinic where I specialize in geriatric medicine...

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Humans infecting animals infecting humans − from COVID-19 to bird flu, preventing pandemics requires protecting all species

Humans infecting animals infecting humans − from COVID-19 to bird flu, preventing pandemics requires protecting all species

Our research suggests that looking at historical outbreaks can help predict and...

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