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With the jet stream heading straight at the UK last winter, it brought with it warm, wet tropical air, resulting in torrential r ...
High-flying wind turbines have been proposed to tap into the jet stream’s powerful winds, providing an immense source of energy. ...
“Why the jet stream buckles violently is not clear – it may be down to chaos in the climate” DISCOVERY OF THE JET STREAM lurch n ...
Other, less direct types of evidence, such as signs of sophisticated hunting, or ornamentation or ‘art’, are also important. Yet ...
preserved in peat along with wooden planks, knotted grass and the remains of meals of meat, seaweed, nuts and seeds, became a ke ...
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KOALA The koala has international appeal and used to be the symbol of the Australian airline Qantas, but political will to save ...
Hospital supervisor Cheyne Flanagan (left) treats a patient 1778 European colonisation begins with the arrival of the First Flee ...
1881 The first living koala arrives in Britain, purchased by the Zoological Society of London. EARLY 1900S Approximately 3 milli ...
into a much smaller time frame, and koalas simply aren’t able to adapt.” Climate change means a build-up of carbon dioxide in th ...
KEY KOALA FACTS Millions of years of evolution mean that the koala is highly adapted. But specialisation, a small gene pool and ...
1 2 3 Dava Newman models her BioSuit creation, which could be used to explore Mars SPACE EXPLORATION ...
Life beyond Earth’s atmosphere needn’t be one swathed in a cumbersome suit with little movement. Helen Cahill checks out the lat ...
HELEN CAHILL is a molecular biologist PHOTO: KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY and a writer for Varsity ABOVE: The medical space suit carr ...
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How do we keep bacteria from resisting antibiotics? Anyone undergoing a pre-admission assessment for surgery is now routinely sw ...
successful and reminds us how little we actually know about what goes on in our intestines. How do we get bacteria to work for u ...
PHOTO: THESECRETSTUDIO.NET TECH HUB ...
Te ch H ubTTTTeecchhh HHub ULTIMATE TEST Could telepresence devices help us work anywhere? Daniel Bennett spends a week at home, ...
A ctually buying a Beam Pro would set you back quite a bit. Mercifully, rather than emptying out your life’s savings, you can re ...
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