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Hidden soil allies – fungi that help plants face drought
Nature & Environment

Hidden soil allies – fungi that help plants face drought

...becoming more common, putting agriculture under great stress, but plants are not alone in this struggle. Beneath our feet, in the soil, there is a living network of microorganisms that help crops withstand hardship. Among them, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (often shortened to AMF) are like invisible partners, forming microscopic connections with plant roots. You won’t...
Perseus: what’s in a name?
History & The Arts

Perseus: what’s in a name?

...become the terrifying Kraken, which in fact comes from Norse mythology, while the 2010 film also introduces characters such as the Djinn, from the Arabic tradition. Other recent versions of Perseus have taken a similar ‘pick and mix’ approach to his myths. Percy Jackson, the hero of Rick Riordan’s series of children’s books (the first two of which have also been...
Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?
Society, Politics & Law

Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?

...become unstoppable. 3. Cruz’s scorched earth strategy backfired badly Since entering the presidential race, Ted Cruz has made clear that he will say or do anything to get conservative support. To boost conservative turnout in Iowa, Cruz’s campaign sent out deceptively official-looking mailers that implied the recipients had broken the law by failing to vote in past...
Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...becomes an ethical question. Watch the Chair of International Association of Athletics Federations' Ethics Board, Michael Beloff, discussing hyperandrogyny at the International Bar Assocation's Vimeo channel Lindsay Parks Pieper, author of the book Sex Testing, says Semenya's treatment is typical of how the IOC treats people who don't fit into comfortable categories: Once...
Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...become more difficult and dangerous. They reported that onshore crop yields of bananas, coconuts, nutmeg and cloves were being affected by higher temperatures and unpredictable changes in the monsoon rain patterns. Storms and tidal surges were becoming more severe, even as rainfall declined. Fishers now had to travel further out to sea yet were still catching less fish....
Mashing up the Union Jack
Society, Politics & Law

Mashing up the Union Jack

...become more institutionalized or institutionally appropriated? Objects of dissensus In a recent paper in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, a consortium of scholars published transnational research on the ways in which historical, political and cultural power relations are associated with emotions and perceptions that people resort to in relation to national flags....
The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2
Society, Politics & Law

The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2

...becomes a bigger moral issue if we – if we go on developing nuclear power. And one of the main reasons for not developing nuclear power further in my view is what it inflicts on future generations, who we should have a care for. But I don’t think we do because radioactive waste is not top of the agenda in terms of the nuclear debate in this country. What's top of the...
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...becomes bigger, the Remain vote in West Wales finds a less powerful expression in the cartogram than in the more traditional map. The most significant thing about the cartogram on the right is the way in which the sharpness of the colours fades because of the shading used. There are some areas in which the yellow is strong – there the Remain vote was close to 70%; and...