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Wolves return to Europe: what to do about them is a people
problem – podcast
Gemma Ware, The Conversation
More Europeans are having to learn how to live alongside
predators again. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Two hurdles mRNA drugs face are a short half-life and
impurities that trigger immune responses. BlackJack3D/iStock via Getty
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Drugs of the future will be easier and faster to make,
thanks to mRNA – after researchers work out a few remaining kinks
Li Li, UMass Chan Medical School
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the promise of using
mRNA as medicine. But before mRNA drugs can go beyond vaccines, researchers
need to identify the right diseases to treat.
Many commercial fishing boats do not report their
positions at sea or are not required to do so. Alex Walker via Getty Images
We used AI and satellite imagery to map ocean activities
that take place out of sight, including fishing, shipping and energy
development
Jennifer Raynor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A new study reveals that 75% of the world’s industrial
fishing vessels are hidden from public view.
a.. Ukraine war increasingly seen as ‘fought by
the poor’, as Zelensky raises taxes and proposes strict mobilisation laws
Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham; Tetyana
Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy
The Ukrainian president has called for another
half a million troops this year and his government has introduced strict
conscription laws in an attempt to deter draft-dodging.
b.. 2 colonists had similar identities – but one
felt compelled to remain loyal, the other to rebel
Abby Chandler, UMass Lowell
What might appear to be common values about shared
political and cultural identities can at times serve not as a bridge joining
people together but a wedge driving them apart.
c.. How the Iowa caucuses became the first major
challenge of US presidential campaigns
Steffen W. Schmidt, Iowa State University
A political scientist traces the development of
the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses and how the small, rural state became
influential in presidential politics.
d.. The Sahara Desert used to be a green
savannah – new research explains why
Edward Armstrong, University of Helsinki
The Sahara Desert is green and vegetated every
21,000 years. A climate model shows why.
e.. Jaws turns 50: reading Peter Benchley’s novel,
you barely mind if its self-loathing characters are eaten by a ‘genius’
shark
Ari Mattes, University of Notre Dame Australia
Peter Benchley’s classic 1974 ‘man versus beast’
blockbuster novel doubled as a scathing critique of 1970s America. Spielberg’s
film made its characters likeable – and its tone into a ‘grand adventure’.
f.. How Copernicus was (probably) found after
centuries of mystery
Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Australian Catholic
University
A team of archaeologists discovered the remains of
the 16th-century father of modern astronomy, who demonstrated that the Earth
orbits the Sun.
g.. Africans discovered dinosaur fossils long
before the term ‘palaeontology’ existed
Julien Benoit, University of the Witwatersrand;
Cameron Penn-Clarke, University of the Witwatersrand; Charles Helm, Nelson
Mandela University
Some time between 1100 and 1700 AD, a
Massospondylus bone was discovered and carried to a rock shelter in Lesotho.
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