Early Saharan Africans used milk 7,000 years ago
Sophisticated chemical analyses have provided the first unequivocal evidence that humans in prehistoric Saharan Africa were milking cows nearly 7,000 years ago…
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In the dark confines of the ocean, the males of a species of deep-sea squid appear to be rather indiscriminate when it comes to sexual orientation… Read the entire article at COSMOS magazine
Cabot Institute Magazine 2015
This was my third year as editor for the Cabot Institute Magazine and I think it has got better with each year. Have a look inside the full magazine →
Finding the individuals within the school: personality in fish
While we await the answers to these broader questions regarding the personalities of fish, perhaps the acknowledgement that they are individuals will advance our ethical treatment of fish.
Beans and bacteria – a complex story of communication
The intimate details of how legumes communicate with their symbiotic soil bacteria. Read the full article on the Botanic Garden blog
Not all it’s cracked up to be
The horsemeat scandal made many of us wonder what we were actually eating – and led biologist Nicola Temple on an 18-month odyssey to ask if we really are what we eat, how much trouble are we in?