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Food 'made from air' could compete with soya →

January 08, 2020 by Oliver Gordon

Finnish scientists producing a protein "from thin air" say it will compete with soya on price within the decade. BBC NEWS

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January 08, 2020 /Oliver Gordon
food production, sustainability, science
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Science explains why we should all work shorter hours in winter →

January 03, 2020 by Oliver Gordon

People tend to feel gloomier when the nights draw in and cold weather descends. But altering our working hours to fit the seasons could help lift our mood. WIRED

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January 03, 2020 /Oliver Gordon
science, work, employee wellbeing, winter, working hours
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Is there a crisis of truth? →

December 06, 2019 by Oliver Gordon

A more scientifically literate public, it’s presumed, could better distinguish truth. But our problem is not too little science in public culture, but too much. LA REVIEW OF BOOKS

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December 06, 2019 /Oliver Gordon
truth, science, culture
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Scientists have successfully created embryos of the near-extinct northern white rhino →

September 16, 2019 by Oliver Gordon

The in-vitro creation was made by a consortium of veterinarians and conservationists from Germany, Kenya, and the Czech Republic working at the Avantea laboratory in Cremona, Italy. QUARTZ

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September 16, 2019 /Oliver Gordon
science, animal extinction, conservation, rhino
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