Land Grabs: Who’s Winning?
There has been much media attention recently over the extent of ‘land grabs’ for agriculture, or the ‘foreignisation of space’ occurring in Africa. Estimates suggest up to 230 million hectares ...
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Salticidae Spider Depth perception takes on a whole new meaning when you have eight eyes. The spider in the picture belongs to the Salticidae family, which contains over 5000 described ...
View ArticleFringe event preview
Imperial Fringe event Cutting Close To The Bone is happening this Thursday, November 29th. It will include a number of stalls set out in the College Main Entrance by Exhibition ...
View ArticleBack from Borneo
The Natural History Museum hosts Nature Live events most afternoons in the Darwin Centre and at a recent Nature Live, rainforest researcher Dan Carpenter talked about his work in the rainforests ...
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A Persian falconer’s prize, the Black Shaeen (Falco peregrinus peregrinator) is one of the fastest and treasured falcons, reaching speeds of up to 320km/h. Biologists and falconers have studied the ...
View ArticleOne billion hungry
Food security is a pressing issue with over 1 billion people today suffering from Chronic hunger. But the technology and techniques are being developed to combat it ...
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It's the physical processes of refraction, reflection and constructive interference that create the explosion of colour in this giant bubble ...
View ArticleControlling the mind with light
A talk at the Cheltenham Science festival gave inspiring insight into recent advancements in all things that glow...
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Camel racing in the Arabian Peninsula moves with the times and now that child jockeys are banned, robots are an appealing lightweight replacement ...
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