Climate Count-up: #2 Wind turbine
Taking a look at Project Drawdown’s solutions to climate change
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When life gives you Lymes
How climate change is affecting Lyme disease incidence
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Demo Day
A glimpse into the future of engineering and innovation How can we harness artificial intelligence to help doctors make more accurate diagnoses under stressful conditions? What if the success rate of dieting could be increased with the help of a smartphone app that offers its users personalized, science-based nutrition plans? Does group running have the potential to become an inter-continental
Climate Count-up: #1 Refrigeration
Taking a look at Project Drawdown’s solutions to climate change
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Waking up to the science of sleep
A personal retelling of a journey through narcolepsy treatment
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Your one-stop shop for STI knowledge
Looking for some brief information on —in the Love and Sex issue of The Strand, the Science section brings you blurbs on five common sexually transmitted conditions, so that you can stay informed and stay safe in your sexual escapades! Chlamydia Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, most likely due to the mildness or absence of its
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Understanding the Opioid Crisis
A closer look at the chronology and science behind the worst drug epidemic in American history
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2018 in review: four fun and fundamental stories
Scientific breakthroughs of yesteryear
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The scourge of single-use plastic
“Single-use” is the Collins Dictionary 2018 word of the year. Scientists have predicted that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans. Disturbing images of sea creatures choking on or being strangled by plastic garbage have helped convince many of us that plastic pollution is an important problem. Citizens, politicians and public relations firms are talking
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