Same-sex squids mate in the dark
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…
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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 →
The unofficial social assistance networks of 19th Century midwives
My latest project has taken me deep into the streets and hospitals of 19th century Paris – the Paris of Les Misérables and La Bohème, where poverty and splendour lived side by side.
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… Read the entire article at COSMOS Magazine →
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 [icon icon=”external-link”]
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.
Extreme weather synchronises Arctic populations
“Extreme weather events can put the birth and mortality rates of four different Arctic species – reindeer, rock ptarmigan, sibling vole and arctic fox – in sync with each other, according to new research.”