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Unequal Land: Unearthing the Roots of Systemic Racism in Biodiversity

November 22, 2020by njvz1 Leave a comment

2020. A year reminding us that Covid-19 is not the only pandemic impacting societies. In fact, there is a deadlier, darker, and deep-rooted issue that’s gripped the world for centuries. […]

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2020 SciComm Students, Biodiversity, Conservation, Uncategorized

Sneeze to Vote: how animals reach a consensus

November 16, 2020by nvtx3 Leave a comment

Whether it’s choosing a Friday night restaurant or un-electing an orange president, reaching a group decision will always be an everyday struggle in the human social world. To weave consensus, […]

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2020 SciComm Students, Evolution, Uncategorized

Is Petri dish meat the future?

November 15, 2020by 17031080blog Leave a comment

Lab-grown meat is claimed to be the sustainable future of meat. This illuminating study suggests otherwise. A recent study by researchers at the University of Oxford suggests that lab-grown meat […]

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2020 SciComm Students, Uncategorized

Coral bleaching – Can we halt the most tragic ecosystem destruction of the 21st century?

November 15, 2020by 17017431blog Leave a comment

As you peer down through your mask at the reef below, the glorious colours and pigments you’ve seen in pictures and documentaries are tragically missing. Instead, you descend into a […]

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2020 SciComm Students, Biodiversity, Conservation, Evolution

The #animalselfie you take, Profits the Black Market!

November 15, 2020by lhtz7 Leave a comment

Yes, the selfies you take hugging or petting wild animals promotes animal cruelty and sustains the animal selfies black market. The age of selfies is upon us. With every activity […]

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2020 SciComm Students, Biodiversity, Conservation

Efficient communication through abbreviation is not just a human’s game

November 15, 2020by ucbtnm3 Leave a comment

As humans we tend to simplify our words to make life easier. This is a phenomenon that has existed for a long time and seems to become more common as we develop new ways of communicating. Researchers have found that baboons also simplify their language.

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2020 SciComm Students, Evolution, Uncategorized

Hold your toast for a sec! Environmental costs behind the avocado craze

November 15, 2020by NKFP6 Leave a comment

If the “superfood” industry awards every year like the Oscars, avocado, which has swept the world, would have won the lifetime achievement award. You probably can’t imagine how popular avocados […]

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2020 SciComm Students, Uncategorized

To Burn or Not To Burn: How Indigenous Stewardship is healing the Australian Outback

November 15, 2020by 20189423 Leave a comment

Challenging perceptions of Indigenous people and adopting their conservation practices could be crucial to the survival of the Australian wilderness.

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2020 SciComm Students, Biodiversity, Conservation

Lakes with legal rights and parks classed as people? The case for ‘rights for nature’

November 15, 2020by sn17012209 Leave a comment

Evidence of our inability to put a stop to habitat destruction and exploitation suggests it might be time for a rethink. Could awarding nature the same rights as people be the answer to successful nature protection?

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2020 SciComm Students, Biodiversity, Conservation

Every fossil paints a story? How we know what colour your favourite dinosaur was and why we might not know after all.

November 15, 2020by kryg2 Leave a comment

We love dinosaurs. But what did they actually look like? And how do we know? More and more, these questions aren’t just science’s business anymore. Art, film, and video games […]

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2020 SciComm Students, Evolution

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