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The Existential Hit Parade
High value crops are sprayed excessively in North Sumatra, damaging beneficial insects and reducing biodiversity. Mark Twain is a fine...
Eric Boa
5 min read
Flood Prevention v Nature Preservation - Slugging it out on the Lugg
Stoker seems to have developed a minor obsession with water works; the Editor thinks it’s a sign of the passing years. More though...
Stoker
5 min read
The hustle is on: me and Bill Gates
My training to become a research scientist was lengthy, frustrating and absorbing. The future after getting my PhD in 1981 was uncertain...
Eric Boa
5 min read
Save the Planet’s Wildlife… Fly Long-Haul
“Not again! What’s the fascination with African wildlife? You can see it all in Attenborough’s documentaries.” Such was the reaction...
Richard Pooley
6 min read
Bring up the bodies
No, despite the title, I am not reviewing the second book in Hilary Mantel’s trilogy on Henry VIII's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell.
Dr. Mark Nicholson
7 min read
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