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The world is hot enough: MI6 has started spying on climate polluters

The world is hot enough: MI6 has started spying on climate polluters

5 May 2021

MI6 starts spying for the planet, plus what Instagram can teach us about birds and cryptocurrency meets magic mushrooms, in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up
Smart sensor measures how itchy you are by how much you scratch

Smart sensor measures how itchy you are by how much you scratch

30 April 2021

Itching is associated with many diseases and in some cases can be debilitating, but diagnosing chronic itching is difficult because there is no objective way to measure the sensation - now a wearable sensor could help
Sisters with Transistors explores the history of electronic music

Sisters with Transistors review: Brilliant electronic music pioneers

20 April 2021

Sisters with Transistors, directed by Lisa Rovner, celebrates the women whose breakthroughs in early electronic music laid the foundations of modern styles – and whose work has been overlooked by many

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