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December 24, 2016

The Plight of the Tusked Elephant

Witness “natural” selection as ivory poaching causes an evolutionary change in African elephants, as increasing numbers are born without tusks.

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December 5, 2015

Why Elephants Never Seem to Get Cancer

Claire Harris investigates the cancer fighting abilities of one of nature’s giants.

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Why do we see the world in 3D? Let’s try to understand it by exploring the mysterious parallax effect

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Parallax: The trickery of eyes that unveils the universe

Author: Sridevi K

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Screaming technicians and exploding frogs — contact explosives are sure to liven up even the dullest of classroom activities.

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Contact explosives : chemistry is a blast!

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Visualising 'White Lies' - A new approach for catching liars on the spot.

Author: Despoina Allagioti

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Scientists have recently combined biology and technology to create a cellar model that exhibits intelligence

The creation of Synthetic Biological Intelligence
By Sandrine Bakam

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“Superpowered Salamanders”

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