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environment

A collection of 34 posts

food

Milk Unspoiled

How do you know your food is fresh? It started with Al Capone.

environment

Cecil and the Mountain

Why do we recognize the moral ambiguity of some environmentally harmful adventures more than others?

Activism

Eager Beaver

The journey of an animal from near extinction to rehabilitaton.

environment

Bridging the Gaps

The new space race is on — but will it reduce the space between the rich and the poor?

fashion

Fast Fashion

The darker side to the clothes you wear.

environment

The Essential Fly

Think before you swat a fly. They could be what's keeping your favourite foodstuff going.

Three Problems and a Solution

Partnerships

Darwin’s contemporary had a theory of evolution too. What if we’d listened to him instead?

Three Problems and a Solution

PFAS

What do these things have in common: a microwave popcorn bag, a non-stick frying pan; and your brightly coloured nail polish?

Three Problems and a Solution

Pharmaceuticals

We are a cornucopia of chemicals. At what point does that get too much?

Three Problems and a Solution

Plastics

They’re taking over the world, we know — but the idea of ‘recycling’ only makes it worse.

food

Coffee at Work

We may not have the same jobs as you, but our life is busy too.

environment

Change of Bulb

Incandescent lightbulbs or LEDs? Let’s put things into perspective.

food

Coffee Growing

The ecological processes behind one of the world’s most popular beverages

food

How Meat made us Human

Eating more meat made us human. Now our survival demands we eat less of it.

coronavirus

Gaming the Coronavirus

How a World of Warcraft bug could provide insights into the world’s latest epidemic.

Microbiology

The Hot Life

Hot springs, colourful microbes: surviving in a world that’s unique, beautiful, and hostile

Agriculture

Pick and Choose

Deciding which species to keep and which to discard? Maybe there’s a simple answer.

environment

Fire for Plants

Is fire really evil? Maybe it’s just a natural part of the environment.

Carbon Emissions

Geoengineering

Here's a low-tech tool to reverse climate change.

Activism

Extinction Rebellion

The new climate movement that thinks Greenpeace isn’t green enough.

environment

The Invasion

Most invasions are planned in advance. But this one was an accident.

Air Pollution

Pretty, Polluted

How Diwali celebrations make for prettier sunsets.

Astronomy

Night Light

Darkness is just the absence of photons. Or is it?

biology

Sleeping Beauty, Underground

Will the leguminous Prince find her? And what root will he take?

Bellandur Lake

The Burning Lake

Drought, overuse, tourism, climate change? No: here, the problems are different.