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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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QUEST shows you the anatomy behind that vital kick. -
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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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Feb
2010 the year of Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or for the entire Earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems. The biodiversity found on Earth today consists of many millions of distinct biological species, which is the product of nearly 3.5 billion years of evolution.[1][2] 2010 has been declared as the International
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12
Feb
Skin cells deliver gene therapy
Patches of synthetic skin could deliver gene therapies to patients without using injections. A team led by John Vogel at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, cultured fibroblasts and keratinocytes and introduced the gene for atrionatriuretic peptide into their genomes.
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12
Feb
No pill to prevent ageing yet
Two major drug companies, Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, are nowhere close to developing a pill that can halt the march of old age. Drugs that may treat the disease by interfering with the biochemistry and physiology of ageing are being tested, but the latest research suggests that they may not work as
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12
Feb
Morogo is good for you!
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Green leafy vegetables are found as part of staples just about all over Africa. In southern Africa these are collectively called morogo.
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12
Feb
HIV resistance surging
Studies of gay men in San Francisco suggest that drug-resistant strains of HIV will surge in the next 5 years, according to Sally Blower and colleagues of the University of California, Los Angeles.
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12
Feb
Fetal DNA altered by alcohol
Drinking too much while pregnant chemically alters the fetus’s DNA and changes gene activity in pregant mice, according to Suyinn Chong at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Herston, Australia. Chong and colleagues looked at gene activity because of the development of fetal alcohol syndrome among the children of heavy
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