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Crying Fowl

They forget the fact that we were once alive.

Jul 2

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Plastic Age

An historical period characterised by the use of plastic and ecological collapse

@Marina T Alamanou PhD

Jun 25

Sliding Doors

Pandemic-hit countries were faced with a choice. But that choice had big consequences.

Jun 18

Flattening the Earth

Flattening the Earth

Did you think the Earth was round? Think again.

Thuận Sarzynski

Jun 11

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Into the Fourth Year

Into the Fourth Year

Hello, Snipette readers!

Jun 10

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Plant Cancer

Plants spend all day in the sun — without sunscreen. Some trees live for thousands of years. Why don’t they die from cancer?

Sam Westreich, PhD

Mar 26

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Counterfactuals

Counterfactuals

The royal couple, the wandering peasant, and the son with a gene mutation that changed history.

Jun 4

Science of Salt

Science of Salt

We have become a salt-obsessed society, but maybe we can blame our ancestors for that?

May 21

Bubbly Beverages

Bubbly Beverages

The 17th-century mistake that put the ‘fizz’ into fizzy

Jan 23

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Pandemic

Humanity is going through a pandemic. Does it sound familiar?

May 28

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