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World Changing Diet –Part II

By Jadwiga Buchwald and Otso PerÄkylÄ (@peacelovestatistiX) To read part I, click here The Great food transformation: Turning the problem into a solution? So, is the planetary health diet the…

By Jadwiga Buchwald and Otso PerÄkylÄ (@peacelovestatistiX) The Planetary Boundaries: Have we pushed our planet to the limit? “It is a planetary emergency,” says world-renowned Professor Johan Rockström in his…

On the Relation between Climate and Creativity – a time line

Illustration by Ushanandini Mohanraj What is creativity? The ability for creative thinking is often attributed to people we consider great thinkers. Also artists like dancers, musicians, and painters are often…

The story of a man, some rats, a virus, and a cancer

While the Polish man battled for his life, something intriguing was happening in a lab 800 km away at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Dr. Jean Rommelaere and his team…

Strange looking viruses and their super hosts – The archaea

Illustration by Ushanandini Mohanraj Nearly 3.5 billion years ago, our planet had extreme temperatures and was predominantly covered with water. The hostile environment was devoid of oxygen and high in…

Why and how do we get anxious?

emmi olkkonen has a MSc in genetics and molecular biosciences from the University of Helsinki, currently committed to the exciting task of analyzing Saimaa ringed seal genome data at the…

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