Robot to test health of ocean ‘lungs’
In a pioneering move, a wave glider has been sent out to sea from Cape Town to measure pollution around Antarctica. A team from the Council...
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How to crowdsource an atlas for a snake, a tortoise and a lizard
There’s more than just a few snakes (and tortoises, lizards and crocodiles, for that matter) to be found among the 485 pages of the newly...
Investigations into Namibia’s “fairy circles” in the desert
by Sarah Wild
Plants refuse to grow in Namibia’s fairy circles, and scientists are on a mission to find out why. No theory has been proven yet. Armed...
Ed Rybicki on vanity, viziers and viruses
by Paul Kennedy
Professor Ed Rybicki cuts an unexpected figure with his Hawaiian shirt, mop of grey hair and ever-present iPad. His eyes miss nothing though, revealing a...