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By studying the biological clocks of insects and how they cope with changing environments, researchers hope to understand human genetic adaptability. Image credit - 'Firebug - Pyrrhocoris apterus' by Björn S is licenced under CC SA-2.0

Environment | 23 October 2017

Insects can school humans in coping with adversity

Bugs have to cope with a wide range of environments in order to thrive.

EU Commissioner Tibor Navracsics spoke on the importance of educating young people on the value of science. Image credit – Flickr/ EIT European Institute of Innovation and Technology

Science in society | 19 October 2017

Innovation should be a school subject - Commissioner Navracsics

Pan-European conference discusses the future of innovation in the EU.

Brain activity recordings enable scientists to understand why some people struggle to read social cues. Image credit - Pexels/ Burst

Social Sciences | 18 October 2017

Boosting social skills with brain scanning

Learning how the brain decodes subtle social signals like body language could help people with autism.

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Interview | 16 October 2017

World hunger on the rise due to conflict and climate change - UN’s Cristina Amaral

Food insecurity leads to increased migration, says Cristina Amaral.

Interview | 11 October 2017

Open data can secure our food supply – Dr Panagiotis Zervas

Crop yields could be improved with better use of data on farms, says Dr Panagiotis Zervas.

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The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as by its French acronym CERN, makes all of its results widely available through an open source digital library. Image credit: 2005-2016 CERNThe Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance organises scientific surveys involving countries around the Atlantic, such as one carried out on the Canadian coastguard ship Louis S. St-Laurent which mapped the seafloor between Halifax, Canada and Tromso, Norway. Image courtesy of Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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Scientists have confirmed that gold and platinum are formed in neutron star collisions. Image credit – NSF/LIGO/Sonoma State University/Aurore Simonnet

Neutron star collision gives rise to ‘multi-messenger’ astronomy

EU Commissioner Tibor Navracsics spoke on the importance of educating young people on the value of science. Image credit – Flickr/ EIT European Institute of Innovation and Technology

Innovation should be a school subject - Commissioner Navracsics

By studying the biological clocks of insects and how they cope with changing environments, researchers hope to understand human genetic adaptability. Image credit - 'Firebug - Pyrrhocoris apterus' by Björn S is licenced under CC SA-2.0

Insects can school humans in coping with adversity

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