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Tom Ireland explores how pollution and degraded landscapes of war only drive further conflict
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Tom Ireland explores how pollution and degraded landscapes of war only drive further conflict
Environmental scientist Professor Sophie Gilbert talks to The Biologist about quitting research and academia – just as she was given tenure – to find more direct and impactful climate-related work
Ecologist Dr Fabian Roger talks about using airborne DNA to detect species living nearby
Professor Christian Rutz explores the early findings from a massive study on how the ‘anthropause’ caused by COVID-19 restrictions has impacted wildlife
Above: San Children in Andriesvaal, Kalahari, South Africa (by Migail de Klerk). Exporting unethical practices to low- and middle-income countries has become the new face of exploitative research, writes Doris Schroeder The Biologist 66(3) p22-25 Bioscientists and biomedical scientists rely heavily on external resources to do their research . While philosophers can publish groundbreaking research after a quiet stay in a mountain hut, bioscientists generally need access to research participants, genetic samples, microorganisms and experimental animals, to name just a few resources. This means...