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Rubber plantations are replacing forests, particularly in tropical regions.
The audio version of a long read on the forgotten history of the man who invented Durex condoms.
Engineers predict a time when people and robots physically interact all day long. For that to happen safely will require new soft materials that can do things like sense touch and change shape.
The history of the rubber ‘boom’ reveals why.
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Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Head of Genetics and Conservation, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Lecturer in Conservation and Forestry, Bangor University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Materials Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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Associate Researcher, King’s College London Archives and the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Sustainable Polymer Materials, University of Bradford
