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How to Woo an Elephant (Insincerely)
Birds twitter. Cats meow. Dogs bark. And elephants…rumble. It’s one of the most curious corners of the bioph…
Eco Links to Green Your Weekend
“Nature Knows Best” is a safe rule of thumb – hence the exciting field of biomimicry. For more example…
Gribble Power: From Nuisance to New Science
Hundreds of years ago, it used to eat the bottoms of sailing ships. Now, it could help keep the bio-energy industry aflo…
Geoengineering: Giving the Earth a Push
Geoengineering. Now there’s a word to make you shiver. We’ve had an unhappy history of manipulating our envi…
Pity the Poor Technologists
After thousands of years of striving to develop the longest-lasting, hardest-wearing items for daily use, inventive-mind…
The Best Places to See Meteor Showers in 2009
Over the next few months, as winter wanes and the night air warms up enough to be comfortably breathed, it’s time …
Cold? Don't Worry, It's Just the Weather
It’s getting cold out there – really cold. Here in Europe, we’re experiencing a big chill: although it…