Climate crisis: how museums could inspire radical action
How museums can reimagine themselves in the context of the climate crisis.
Nov. 18, 2020 • ~25 min
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The way we use data is a life or death matter – from the refugee crisis to COVID-19
An algorithm driven world is dehumanising – but by understanding this we can call for a more equitable and human use of data.
Nov. 12, 2020 • ~22 min
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Prehistoric communities off the coast of Britain embraced rising seas – what this means for today's island nations
New research has mapped sea-level rise around the Isles of Scilly over the last 12,000 years.
Nov. 4, 2020 • ~24 min
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Mammoth task: the Russian family on a resurrection quest to tackle the climate crisis
The Zimovs want to restore the prehistoric 'mammoth steppe' ecosystem and see if it slows down – or even reverses – melting permafrost.
Sept. 7, 2020 • ~24 min
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Searching for Misha: the life and tragedies of the world's most famous polar bear
This is the story of 'Misha', as I have come to know her. Both I and my research have been deeply affected by a polar bear I have never met face to face.
July 20, 2020 • ~25 min
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The remote British village that built one of the fastest internet networks in the UK
Frustrated by the inability to get good internet, some Lancashire locals decided to dig a superfast connection in themselves.
July 2, 2020 • ~24 min
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Rewilding: rare birds return when livestock grazing has stopped
A decade of no grazing has demonstrated positive effects on the richness of bird species.
June 2, 2020 • ~26 min
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The cholera outbreak in a Victorian asylum that anticipated the coronavirus crisis in care homes
There is a sad precedent of pandemic disease threatening the residents of care institutions – and of authorities not heeding the dangers.
May 19, 2020 • ~15 min
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How to model a pandemic
Behind every government announcement, there is an army of epidemiologists predicting how the virus will spread, and how to beat it.
March 25, 2020 • ~17 min
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How to stop a pandemic
Behind every government announcement, there is an army of epidemiologists predicting how the virus will spread, and how to beat it.
March 25, 2020 • ~17 min
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