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The mathematics of soccer - Steve Sherman
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How mathematics and statistics can be used to go some way towards answering the question, ‘will my team win?’ -
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Kicking a soccer ball
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Earth explorers - Megan Nowell
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The Earth explorer satellites promise to revolutionise our understanding of the world around us. -
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Restoration in South Africa – a case study
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James Blignaut and colleagues
Ecological restoration is one approach to saving our changing landscape -
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The birth of a fish - Daksha Naran
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The fascinating journey from egg to larva. -
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Sustainability – the key to the future of our soccer stadia
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QUEST spoke to the experts who are making sure that the money spent on building our soccer stadia is being used wisely.
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Virus related to hepatitis C discovered in Asian bats
Viral hepatitis affects more than 500 million people worldwide and is a cause of liver failure and liver cancer. While vaccines are available for hepatitis A and B, this is not the case for hepatitis C, which affects as much as 2% of the population in the US. Scientists today
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Smart meters help to save money
Posted by Bridget in Physics & Maths
How can domestic electricity customers be motivated to use energy more efficiently, let alone make more efficient use of renewable sources? One possibility is to install electronic meters to measure the electricity consumed. In the RESIDENS project, scientists are examining how to get the best out of smart meters by
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Infrared camera provides a better view
Posted by Bridget in Science in Society
Infrared cameras see more than the naked eye and can make road traffic safer.
Cameras for the long-wave infrared range, however, have the disadvantage that the sensor requires constant cooling, which adds to the cost and complexity of the device. Now a new type of detector has been developed which functions
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Famed hominid ‘Lucy’ no longer alone
Posted by Bridget in Life, Palaeontology
Researchers in Ethiopia reckon they have discovered a relative of best-known human ancestor.
Within the coarsening base of an ancient mudstone exposure in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, researchers say they found evidence that provides new information about the best-known early human ancestor, Australopithecus afarensis.
Yohannes Haile-Selassie – curator and head of
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Emotion affects memory’s reliability
Emotion-driven false memories could directly impact court cases, researchers say.
Does emotion distort children’s memories? Cornell University researchers Chuck Brainerd and Valerie Reyna say Yes and they say emotion-driven distortions or falsifications could directly impact court cases, affecting decisions made by prosecutors, judges and juries about the reliability of child witnesses.
‘Emotion
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A star is born … but how?
Columbia researchers reveal the simple, key chemical formula enabling the formation of early stars
Created in the first three minutes after the Big Bang, hydrogen and helium gave rise to all other elements in the universe. Stars made this possible. Through nuclear fusion, stars generated elements such as carbon, oxygen, magnesium
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