Carefully squeezing plant leaves can reveal how much water they contain – and touch could reveal many other hard-to-measure properties of plants.
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How useful is the information you get from the measure of any thing? That depends on what you chose measure in the first place, and that’s not always clear.
The international prototype kilogram keeps changing weight so scientists have come up with a new way to calculate.
From sundials to atomic clocks, a journey through the way humans have measured time.
The big question being asked is: where does Homo naledi fit in the evolutionary tree? Assessing the similarity or dissimilarity between fossil skulls has provided a possible clue to the answer.
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Director of DAIM, University of Hull
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Associate Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Honorary Research Associate, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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George Daniels Professor of Scientific Instrumentation, City, University of London
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Divisional Visitor, Research School of Biology, Australian National University
