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Forget space – the unknown worlds in pond scum are rich with life’s secrets
During the 1970s, Elizabeth Blackburn discovered something fundamentally important about life, uncovering the function of telomeres, which cap strands of DNA and protect chromosomes. She would go on to earn a Nobel Prize for her work in 2009. In this sprightly animated video from Nature, Blackburn recounts how a love of all living creatures – and especially the frequently overlooked, microscopic ones – inspired her curiosity and her work.
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Cosmology
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Biology
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Physics
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Design and fashion
Gear up for a stylish celebration of vintage motorcycle design
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Biology
An ode to the humble rotifer – one of nature’s simplest and strangest creatures
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Mathematics
Check in to the Hilbert Hotel, and learn why some infinities are bigger than others
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Cognition and intelligence
How a ‘periodic table’ of animal intelligence could help to root out human bias
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Cities
The city as an emergent life form, with architecture as the skeleton and roads as veins
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Making
How sky-high dreams launched one man’s audacious life in homemade rocketry
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