Broken symmetry and the emergent complexity of life
Ramón Nartallo-Kaluarachchi discusses the ubiquity of breaking symmetry in nature and the relationship between asymmetry and complexity.
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Balancing tourism and conservation in the Galapagos: local empowerment may be the key
Taylor Bi explores the conflicting priorities of tourists and residents in the Galapagos, and how local empowerment may resolve this clash.
Re-imagining climate justice for humans and more-than-humans
Ushika Kidd explores a discussion with Sophie Chao, an environmental anthropologist who calls for decolonisation of climate change.
New research reveals how a 12-millimetre fish is as loud as a gunshot
George Rabin discusses how new research on the Danionella cerebrum equate its noises to that of an aircraft and gunshot.
Viral Whodunit: Investigating the origins of SARS-CoV-2
Eloise Elkington explores the largely disputed origins of COVID-19 and how evidence suggests but not proves a wet market origin.
Scientists uncover multiple sclerosis gene origins
Izzie Farrance reports on the new finding that genes contributing to multiple sclerosis may have spread due to ancient population migrations.
The science behind wavy hair
Louise Elmslie discusses hair at a protein and genetic level, emphasising that there is still much to discover about how hair waves.
Speculative fiction and Xenobiology: Why scientists should embrace science fiction
Molly Bleach explores how scientific imagination can be a way of explaining data as well as preceding revolutionary findings.
Waving goodbye: “Leave-taking” isn’t unique to humans
Sophie Berdugo explores how different animal species end a social interaction, eliminating this trait as uniquely human.
Finding the way with waves
Elyse Airey delves into the sound driven world of navigation and how disruption to sound patterns can affect species.