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When I first read the headline on the news website, my immediate reaction was “Don’t tell me the bleeding obvious!”. I can’t recall the...

High value crops are sprayed excessively in North Sumatra, damaging beneficial insects and reducing biodiversity. Mark Twain is a fine...

Stoker seems to have developed a minor obsession with water works; the Editor thinks it’s a sign of the passing years. More though...

My training to become a research scientist was lengthy, frustrating and absorbing. The future after getting my PhD in 1981 was uncertain...

“Not again! What’s the fascination with African wildlife? You can see it all in Attenborough’s documentaries.” Such was the reaction...