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A brighter forecast for weather-beaten Britain?
Ever headed out for the day expecting bright sunshine, only to end up getting soaked in a downpour instead? If you're reading this in the UK, chances are you have - and now your help is needed in a new project which aims to sharpen up forecasting so that people's plans are less frequently thwarted by the Great British Weather.
Nature's value to business
A programme convening business leaders and policy makers is helping to identify the value to business of nature - and the step changes needed to build food security - as its co-Directors explain.
High-risk hearts: a South Asian epidemic
Why is heart disease increasing at a greater rate in South Asia than in any other region globally? Large-scale population studies in Pakistan and Bangladesh aim to discover the basis of a little-studied public health problem of epidemic proportions.
FluPhone: disease tracking by app
A mobile phone app developed by Cambridge researchers that tracks how people behave during an epidemic could be used to limit disease spread.
Science is a Risky Quiz-ness: A new study aims to assess how we perceive risks
A new study aims to be the biggest study of risk perception ever undertaken.
To save biodiversity, society's behaviour must change
Leading conservationists warn that in order to save biodiversity, society's behaviour must change.
Rees says Earth-type planets will be found within years
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees believes that planets resembling Earth may be discovered in the next two to three years – although it may take a further 20 years before we are able to capture an image of them.
Why more education lowers dementia risk
A team of researchers from the UK and Finland has discovered why people who stay in education longer have a lower risk of developing dementia – a question that has puzzled scientists for the past decade.