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March for Science

March for Science 2018 hosts rallies worldwide

18 April 2018

The March for Science returned in its second year with rallies around the globe in support of science-based policies


Great Barrier Reef

Our grandchildren may never see the Great Barrier Reef recover

18 April 2018

The reef has been so severely damaged by record ocean heat that it has had no chance to recover fully - and may never be the same again.


Reef

We need hope, not eulogies, for the Great Barrier Reef

18 April 2018

Writing obituaries for the world’s greatest coral reef is attention-grabbing but scientifically wrong and ethically irresponsible


Angela Merkel

The fight for gender equality can be informed by science

18 April 2018

With the rise of movements like #MeToo, now is a good time to ask why the patriarchy exists and why it persists


jaguar with turtle

This big cat's seafood snack is an endangered turtle

18 April 2018

Thousands of sea turtles lay eggs on Tortuguero beach in Costa Rica every year. The annual ritual has become a feeding frenzy for jaguars


refugees

UK failing child refugees because we can’t reliably verify age

18 April 2018

Two-thirds of child refugees whose age is disputed turn out to be adults, according to the UK government – but there's no definitive way to determine age


punk turtle

Punk turtle can breathe through its genitals

18 April 2018

A turtle with spiky green hair can extract oxygen from water using its genitals, and is one of the most unique reptiles alive today


dinosaur

Yorkshire's Jurassic World: David Attenborough opens new show

18 April 2018

There's more to the Jurassic than lumbering dinosaurs – try a whole world of giant sea reptiles and specimens from a time Yorkshire was positively tropical


wilderness

The yogurt cure: can 'good' bacteria save bats?

18 April 2018

Probiotics aren't just a human health fad - their medicinal properties may be the best way to stop white-nose syndrome wiping out North America's bats


Most UK plants will flower at once in short ‘condensed spring’

Most UK plants will flower at once in short ‘condensed spring’

17 April 2018

Plants in the UK are set to blaze into flower virtually simultaneously, because flowering has been delayed two weeks by the unusually cold weather


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