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Hark!
Podcast: Baby brains, new Mars quests and preventing pandemics
In this edition: We discover treatments for baby brain injuries, see what’s new on Mars for 2020 and find out how to prevent pandemics.
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Climate commitments
Medics and environmental policy experts rank parties on climate pledges
Conservative, SNP and Brexit Party pledges score worse for tackling climate change than those of the Greens, Labour and Lib Dems, analysts suggest.
Touching the sun
Closest-ever approach to the Sun gives new insights into the solar wind
The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, which has flown closer to the Sun than any mission before, has found new evidence of the origins of the solar wind.
Vaping concerns
How safe are e-cigarettes?
Earlier this year vaping hit the headlines with reports of deaths in the United States linked to the use of e-cigarettes.
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e-babies
By 2037 half of babies likely to be born to couples who met online, says report
Within 20 years, ‘e-babies’ – babies born to parents who met online, will be more common than babies born to couples who met by traditional means.
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Audio journeys
Podcast: Vaping concerns, medical detection dogs, and a visit to CERN
In this edition: We explore the possible harms of vaping, meet dogs trained to detect disease, and travel through the physics of CERN.
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low-carbon future?
Greater infrastructure investment is needed to meet zero emissions target
Meeting the UK government’s target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 will require unprecedented investment in low-carbon infrastructure.
Brilliant broths
Scientists and schoolkids find family soups have antimalarial properties
London schoolchildren have found that some of their families’ soup recipes have antimalarial properties, with the help of Imperial scientists.
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Infectious Imperial
College gets infectious at November’s Imperial Lates
From disease roulette to infection-detecting dogs, November’s Imperial Lates event explored infections, deadly diseases, and our work to beat them.
On the map
Imperial students help to put vulnerable countries on the map
The Friends of Médecins Sans Frontières society at Imperial hosted a ‘mapathon’ to help to improve maps of vulnerable countries.
