First global analysis of world’s most abundant creatures reveals more animals live in the far north than the tropics.
The 'hidden world beneath our feet' Marianne Brooker | 24th July 2019 News Crowther Lab Nematodes Biodiversity soybean_cyst_nematode_and_egg_sem.jpg First global analysis of world’s most abundant …
Trees, a new exhibition in Paris, explores our intimate and at times devastating knowledge of plant life through art and science.
… of trees, from botany to new plant biology; secondly, aesthetics, from … Mancuso, a pioneer of plant neurobiology and advocate of the concept of plant …
Taking a pill for a headache may seem like the most natural thing in the world, but prescription drugs are forcing their way into every corner of our lives and environment, says John Naish
… Chemical & Engineering News by Karen Kidd, a biology professor at the Canadian Rivers …
Britain has a serious and unnecessary drug habit, but the implications of our pill-forevery-ill culture go far beyond the adverse effects on human health. The complex chemicals in modern pharmaceuticals, as well as the manufacturing processes involved, leave a massive industrial footprint on the natural world that is largely ignored by both science and government.
Drugs on tap John Naish | 30th April 2009 News Drugs Consumerism Pills Prescription Drugs Drugs Urban Living Consumerism Drugs Health Pollution Science And Technology New Picture 1.jpg Britain has a …
New research shows dolphins learning to walk on water from one another. Could this passing fad teach us more about cultural behaviours in dolphin communities? MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… Exeter and published in the Royal Society’s Biology Letters , focused on a scientific …
Newly developed pesticides, which could potentially replace neonicotinoid insecticides, may reduce the reproductive success of bumblebees, a study published in Nature has concluded. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
New generation of pesticides can reduce bumblebee reproduction Marianne Brooker | 16th August 2018 News Bees Pesticides bee-bumblebee-insect-3780.jpg Newly developed pesticides, which could …
Whale sharks roam less than previously thought and require greater protection from local and regional threats, a new study published in the Marine Ecology Progress Series finds. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
Whale sharks need greater protection from local and regional threats Marianne Brooker | 9th August 2018 News Sharks Fishing 5043846856_c695ae2fa2_b.jpg Whale sharks roam less than previously thought …
A rich forest in Tanzania has been placed under protection, supported by World Land Trust and other partners.
New nature reserve for Tanzanian wildlife Marianne Brooker | 24th January 2019 News Tanzania Wildlife Nature Reserve Conservation Science & Systems a0fbc8d9d13c4b40ab4b16d45c3b7505.jpeg A rich forest …
What does it mean to create art in the context of climate crisis? How do we create sustainable, engaging, and critical performance acts and spaces? Birkbeck’s Centre for Contemporary Theatre hosted a one-day symposium to explore the connections between theatre and ecology, reports MARIANNE BROOKER
… with teenage Londoners and the Lung Biology Group at King’s College London. The …
What on earth are we thinking when we go into shops and buy lots of pointless stuff we just don’t need? John Naish says it’s not so much what’s on our minds, but which brain we use when we spend
Oops, wrong brain John Naish | 28th January 2009 News Consumerism Brain Evolution Instinct Impulse Buy Mental Health Consumerism Health Wrong_Brain_MAIN.jpg What on earth are we thinking when we go …
Ever since the 1970s we have lived with the growing awareness that our ecosystem is fragile and the perpetual exploitation of our natural resources impossible. By the late 1980s, even The Sun newspaper had its own green correspondent. Everything we buy, use and throw away has an impact somewhere on the ecological continuum, and nowadays the most bullish Western consumers’ consciences are regularly punctured by shards of eco-worry. We also increasingly realise that working ever harder for more possessions, more options, more stuff, doesn’t tend to make us more content.
Born to Shop? John Naish | 1st January 2001 News Consumerism Evolution Sufficency Consumerism Consumerism Science And Technology Society Green Living_45.jpg Ever since the 1970s we have lived with …