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What lessons on resilience and surviving drastic changes can we learn from insects? How do ants cope with epidemics? What do beetles have to do with daylight saving? What will happen to bug sizes as the planet warms?
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Is it possible to make diesel less harmful for not only our lungs, but also our planet? We look at the real impact of diesel fumes on respiratory systems as well as new technologies that tackle different harmful parts of diesel emissions.
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Can being funny help save lives? What messaging and methods work when it comes to safety campaigns for our roads and rail? How can we analyze and check the effectiveness? We look at three different case studies from Australia in using different methods to make people change their behaviour.
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This week we celebrate the winners of the Nobel Prize, but also consider the equity of the award process. Who has been overlooked in these peak scientific awards, and how do the Nobel Prizes stack up against other prestigious scientific awards.
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Detecting an epidemic before it spreads and becomes a pandemic is hard in a globally connected world. However new cheap and efficient tests for Zika and Ebola can help us be better prepared for the next outbreak.
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