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Features / Life Sciences

January 3, 2021

Bat immunity takes flight

Delia Cretu explains how bats’ unique antiviral immunity may be a side story to the evolution of flight

Features / Life Sciences

July 20, 2016

A lightbulb moment for obesity research

Holly Scott asks whether artificial lighting could be making us fatter.

Life Sciences / Snippets

January 23, 2016

The Secret to your Sweet Tooth

Nina Divorty discusses the hormone behind your cravings

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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

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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!

Author: Chris Riggs

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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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