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Plants Absorb More CO2 Than We Thought, But...

Plants Absorb More CO2 Than We Thought, But...

Oct 26 2014 | comment(s)


A recent study shows plants may absorb more carbon than we thought. Jason Samfield/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

By Pep Canadell, CSIRO

Through burning fossil fuels, humans are rapidly driving up levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which in turn is raising global temperatures.

Germany’s Green Energy Gamble Could Really Use Some Vorsprung Durch Technik

Germany’s Green Energy Gamble Could Really Use Some Vorsprung Durch Technik

Oct 25 2014 | comment(s)


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Oldest Modern Genome From Human Bone Reveals When We Bred With Neanderthals

Oldest Modern Genome From Human Bone Reveals When We Bred With Neanderthals

Oct 24 2014 | comment(s)


The femur that led to the oldest modern human genome. Credit: Bence Viola, MPI EVA

By Daniel Zadik, University of Leicester

When a human bone was found on a gravelly riverbank by a bone-carver who was searching for mammoth ivory, little did he know it would provide the oldest modern-human genome yet sequenced.

The anatomically modern male thigh-bone, found near the town of Ust’-Ishim in south-western Siberia, has been radiocarbon-dated to around 45,000 years old.

Journalists Need A Point Of View If They Want To Stay Relevant

Journalists Need A Point Of View If They Want To Stay Relevant

Oct 24 2014 | comment(s)

By Jay Rosen, New York University

ASTEROIDS Act: Who Owns Space?

ASTEROIDS Act: Who Owns Space?

Oct 24 2014 | comment(s)


Capturing an asteroid. Credit: NASA

By Monica Grady, The Open University

Home, Workplace, Tomb – Fury And The Reality Of The World War II Tank

Home, Workplace, Tomb – Fury And The Reality Of The World War II Tank

Oct 24 2014 | comment(s)


Shia LaBeouf, Brad Pitt and more less cramped outside their tank in Fury. image by Sony Pictures

By Clifford Williamson, Bath Spa University

The latest corner of World War II to be dramatized for the big screen is small. Cramped, even. In Fury, starring Brad Pitt and Shia leBeouf, we follow the story of five American soldiers, a crew serving in one tank in Germany, 1945.