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CLOUDY SKIES: Can Geo-Engineering Save the World?
Dr Adi MacArtney looks at the controversial area of geo-engineering and the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment planned by Harvard University
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Deep Damage: The Ecological and Economic Tug of War for Seabed Mining
If we wish civilisation to keep functioning, with all the technology currently at our disposal, then we need minerals – but at what cost to the environment?
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The Attraction of Iran: The Middle East’s Locked Up Treasure Trove
It’s not just a wealth of natural resources that makes Iran such a target, but the fact they’re nationalised explains Adi MacArtney
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Science Hooker’s July Science Picks
Robo-fish Powered by Fluid Battery ‘Blood’. A 40cm soft robotic fish has been built that has no solid batteries but uses battery fluid like blood. This blood both propels the fish and stores energy. This is a big step towards creating autonomous robots. “The approach increased the amount of energy stored in the robot by…
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SCIENCE HOOKER: Heated Hatred – Does Conflict Correlate with Climate Change?
Is climate change exacerbating armed conflicts around the world? Yes, but probably less than you thought.
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Science Hooker’s June Science Picks
A review of the most interesting news about science from around the universe by Byline Times’ science correspondent Adi MacArtney
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SCIENCE HOOKER: Buying Redemption – Academic Reparations
Adi MacArtney on the debate in British institutions about how to account for their colonial past.
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SCIENCE HOOKER: Understanding Extinction – the Facts Behind the Global XR Movement
Adi MacArtney shines some detailed light on the heated debate about the collapse of biodiversity in our ecosystems.
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SCIENCE HOOKER: Born Perfect –Scientists Speak Out Over Genetic Editing of Human Babies
Adi McArtney wonders whether germline editing is humanity simply taking Darwinism off autopilot or is a dark new chapter of divisive social engineering
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SCIENCE HOOKER: Learning to Kill
What are the consequences of handing over life and death decisions to a machine in combat, even with tokenistic human oversight?
