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Are the Olympic Games still relevant?

As the world descends on Paris for the biggest show in sport, the question must be asked if the Olympic Games still hold the same

How schools are failing neurodivergent students

Neurodivergent children — those with autism, ADHD, dyslexia or other difference in brain functioning — face myriad issues at schools ill-equipped to help them.

What’s it like growing up and parenting in a digital world?

There’s a lot of fearmongering around children and their interactions with digital technology, but the truth is more nuanced.

It’s a long road from uni innovation to commercial reality

We may punch above our weight when it comes to research, but we certainly don’t in realising the commercial impact from it.

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Time for lab-grown fish balls instead of burgers?

For lab-grown meat to be a global success it needs to be accepted by consumers in both Western and Eastern countries.

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Powering the blue economy with blue finance

Attracting much-needed investment into the blue economy can be spurred by tailor-made initiatives.

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The race to improve DNA sequencing

Cost, availability and sample preservation are the main concerns but progress is rapid.

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DNA could ensure strawberry fields forever

Advances in the field are revolutionary but require safeguards to curb misuse.

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Future food depends on the cutting edge

As climate change enters uncharted territory, we will need all the skills of the past, and some from the future, to keep feeding the world.

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Non-food crops are eating up our food

The world’s farmers grow crops for food as well as other uses. Those other uses threaten to crowd out our chance to feed the world’s hungry.

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Who owns IP

Global perspectives on the state of intellectual property

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How Inca wisdom can fix our food crisis

The world currently has only 10 weeks of wheat supplies left, a far cry from the three to seven years of food supply the Incas kept in storage.

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Extinction on our plates

Reducing the biodiversity footprint of food consumption requires immediate and widespread action

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Are the Olympic Games still relevant?

How schools are failing neurodivergent students

What’s it like growing up and parenting in a digital world?

It’s a long road from uni innovation to commercial reality

Time for lab-grown fish balls instead of burgers?

Powering the blue economy with blue finance

The race to improve DNA sequencing

DNA could ensure strawberry fields forever

Future food depends on the cutting edge

Non-food crops are eating up our food

Who owns IP

How Inca wisdom can fix our food crisis

Extinction on our plates

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