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?
Fish Fraud: Bait and switch at the grocery store
How DNA barcoding methods developed at the University of Guelph are helping crack down on fish fraud.
Measuring social influence for business and government
Developing new analysis tools that determine the extent to which social networks influence decision-making.
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 strawberry timebomb: how plant biology can help you store your produce
What to do when you buy an alarmingly large amount of British strawberries – knowing the difference between your climacteric and non-climacteric fruits. Read the full article on the Botanic Garden blog
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
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.
Ground force
As the controversy over fracking rumbles on, attention is turning to another, cleaner underground energy source: geothermal. But its greatest potential is in areas where drilling can be risky. Dr Juliet Biggs is investigating one such area: the East African Rift in Ethiopia. Read the full article in Nonesuch magazine →
Volcanic unrest in Ethiopia
Without volcano monitoring, the risks for many vulnerable communities are unknown.
Ground monitoring equipment is deployed on two Ethiopian volcanoes showing signs of unrest
“Deformations such as these are typically attributed to magma accumulating and moving underground…”
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.”
Red gurnard and chips please
Our changing oceans…life in the cauldron.