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Planet Earth Report –“Coronavirus ‘Once-in-a-Century’ Pathogen to Extraterrestrial Origin of Protein”

29th February, 2020

Headline news by leading science journalists about the extraordinary discoveries, technology, people, and events changing our knowledge of Planet Earth and the future of the human species.

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Pressure to keep up: status imbalance a major factor in stress in gay men

29th February, 2020

Striking findings contained in new study may broaden appreciation of unique stressors faced by gay and bisexual men

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Brain wiring could be behind learning difficulties, say experts

27th February, 2020

Scientists say current system for labelling children with difficulties is ‘too simple’

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“Big Life” –Habitable Exoplanet Twice Size of Earth Detected

27th February, 2020

Potentially habitable exoplanet detected, opening search for life to planets significantly larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.

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Pregnancy

There are many unknowns when it comes to pregnancy, and many accepted phenomena are still unexplained, or simply attributed to "hormones" or "the placenta" (a complex and poorly understood organ!)

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Sleep

Going without sleep will kill you faster than going without food. But why?

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Plastics

What happens to plastic when it gets disposed of into the environment, and how might it affect us?

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Chameleons

Chameleons hold a fascinating blend of traits that scientists have been studying for many years.

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Keystone species

If a keystone species is lost, the entire ecosystem can collapse.

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Extraterrestrial life

The search for alien life catches many people's imagination and has always been a very public branch of science. So with all this investigation, why has our search revealed nothing? Are we truly alone in the Universe?

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Biochemistry is a broad area of chemistry covering the chemical processes involved in life itself.

Biomechanics applies the principles of physics and engineering to understanding biological systems.

Biomedicine looks at the underlying mechanisms of disease.

Biophysics uses the principles of physics to study life at every level, from atoms and molecules, to cells, organisms and environments.

Cytology also known as cell biology, cytology is the study of cells - the building blocks of life.

Developmental Biology is the study of how organisms grow and develop, from how genes influence cells, to how organisms change throughout their lives.

Ecology is the study of how organisms affect, and are affected by, their environment.

Evolutionary Biology looks at how plants and animals are affected by the process of evolution by natural selection.

Genetics is the study of genes - the stretches of DNA found in almost every creature which acts as the blueprint for their bodies.

Microbiology is the study of the smallest, usually single-celled, organisms such as bacteria and viruses.

Molecular Biology looks at the structure of cells, and the systems within them at the molecular level, to understand how they work and interact.

Neuroscience is the study of the central nervous system, including the brain.

Palaeontology is the study of life which existed prior to the current "Holocene" geological epoch.

Photobiology is the study of how cells and organisms change physically and chemically in response to non-ionising radiation.

Physiology focuses on organisms at the system level. It aims to explain how these systems, which can range from a single cell to a whole organism, carry out their functions.

Radiobiology studies the effects of ionising radiation on living organisms.

Zoology or animal biology, is the study of biology relating to the animal kingdom.

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