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ILLUSTRATION: ANDY POTTS Scan this QR Code for the audio reader Vol. 8 Issue 7Vol. 8 Issue 7 4141 ...
he 1980s sci-fi film Innerspace sees a submersible and its pilot shrunk to microscopic size before being jabbed into a shop atte ...
PHOTOS: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY X3, GETTY X4 nanomachines can even puncture a hole in cell membranes, much like how a virus inject ...
body. The researchers foresee a time when diabetics could shine a torch on their skin to top up insulin. Meanwhile, a microscopi ...
Near the South Pole, the United States Antarctic Program has been trialling drones to map the changing sea ice. The UAV that too ...
technology is used in the body, but the complexity of DNA- based nanomachines is already impressive. Scientists have even constr ...
nanostructures and existing technology could help us reach another level of efficiency in computing.” For now, the goal is to pr ...
A PASSIONATE GROUP OF ENTHUSIASTS IS NOT ONLY LOOKING AFTER OUR GREY SEALS’ WELFARE, BUT ALSO GAINING FASCINATING INSIGHTS INTO ...
Michelle Clement of British Divers Marine Life Rescue inspects the tail flippers of a sick and injured grey seal pup that was fo ...
50 Vol. 8 Issue 7 NATURE carries a huge propeller scar. Sue has been painstakingly recording grey seals around Cornwall like thi ...
Cornwall by volunteer citizen scientists, many of whom are birdwatchers happy to add variety to their patch-watching. It’s all v ...
NATURE The Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust’s database contains more than 16,000 sightings Email sightings and photos of seal ...
Vol. 8 Issue 7 53 ROAD TO RECOVERY: HOW TO REHABILITATE A SEAL 5 RELEASE Rehabilitated seals are released on quiet beaches. Pups ...
ALI WOOD IS A FREELANCE JOURNALIST: WWW.ALI-WOOD.COM. SHE TRAVELLED TO ASSAM WITH INDIA TOURISM AND ASSAM TOURISM. NATURE GHOST, ...
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Spectre at the feast An allegory depicting Elizabeth I in her later years, with the figure of death looking over her shoulder – ...
THE ELIZABETHAN ERA IS OFTEN PAINTED AS A GOLDEN AGE. YET, SAYS JAMES SHARPE, FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIFE WAS ANYTHING BUT GOLD ...
plays have all played their part in polishing the Virgin Queen’s reputation. There have been many biographies (around one a year ...
of labourers, the chances of finding work, even at reduced levels of pay, diminished. Few people were wage earners in the modern ...
RESORTING TO CRIME Theft was another remedy. Crime records from Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex suggest that there ...
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