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Prepping is fast becoming mainstream, but new government advice fails to address inequality, and could cause division between the haves and have-nots.
When the water and air are warm, the primary problem is dehydration.
Three economists looked at years of temperature and death data and calculated the costs when forecasts miss the mark.
The natural world is awash with liars – here are nature’s best.
How the social lives of animals help them survive.
False alarms are common in prey animals, but what causes them and how can they be avoided?
Emperor penguins survive in a ‘Goldilocks zone’ between too much sea ice and too little. Climate change is having an impact.
The end is often envisioned the same way: abruptly, hopelessly and completely. How does this constrain the range of possible solutions?
Emperor penguins survive in a ‘Goldilocks zone’ between too much sea ice and too little. A new study shows the risk they face from climate change.
Although some parents may be reluctant to let their children explore their surroundings alone, allowing kids to wander can help build their sense of direction.
Transparency is an evolved characteristic of some species to help them survive, even when predators are staring directly at them.
Death rates for hospitalized COVID-19 patients fell from 25.6% in March to 7.6% in August, according to a new study on three hospitals in New York. A study in the UK found similar results.
Indigenous communities are connecting over digital communities to survive and resist.
When seconds stretch into minutes.
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The fifth episode of the To the moon and beyond podcast series explores where we will be travelling in 2069.
We spoke at length with a series of self-identified preppers. It became clear that most aren’t so out of the ordinary.
Understanding the evolutionary roots of what draws us to delusions of legacy and distractions of leisure will help us address the environmental challenges of the 21st century.
Sometimes, two different animals will evolve to have a similar adaptation, even when they are not closely related. Flight is an excellent example.
If those who survive are the fittest, does that also make them the best? And if so, is engineering ‘better’ babies just evolution, or another step in a long history of eugenics?
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Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Lecturer, School of Biology, University of St Andrews
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Professor of Human and Applied Physiology, University of Portsmouth
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Evolutionary Biologist, ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Kingston University
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Emeritus Professor of Zoology, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate professor, Dublin City University
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Career Development Fellow, University of Oxford
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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PhD Researcher, Swansea University
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Assistant Professor in Marketing, Trinity College Dublin
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