Are hybrid ants the answer to adaptation to climate change?
If you venture into the woods in Southern Finland, around the Hanko area, you’ll find groups of mounds with hundreds of ants dwelling on top that will spit acid at you when provoked.
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Mining nature for drugs in the Anthropocene
You may not realise it, but many of the medicines sold in pharmacies are either directly sourced from nature or have an underlying operating principle drawn from a natural process. Widely used pain relievers paracetamol and aspirin? Originally derived from coal tar and willow bark, respectively.
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… Read More »World Changing Diet –Part II
World Changing Diet – Part I
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… Read More »World Changing Diet – Part I
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… Read More »On the Relation between Climate and Creativity – a time line
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 were engrossed in a particular experiment.
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… Read More »Strange looking viruses and their super hosts – The archaea
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… Read More »Why and how do we get anxious?
Are we ready to face a zombie virus? Lessons from the sars cov2 pandemic
Even though this appears to be a typical scene from a zombie movie, this, in reality, represents a scene from real life two years ago,
My Y Science story: A curiosity-driven journey into the world of science, innovation and entrepreneurship
On the cold and dark winter morning of December 1, 2021, I woke up with a strange feeling. As I was getting ready to leave my apartment, nervousness and excitement… Read More »My Y Science story: A curiosity-driven journey into the world of science, innovation and entrepreneurship