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Mosaic Science provides In-depth stories about the science of life. Each week, they tell a story about ideas, trends and people, and how science and medicine affect our lives, our health and our society.
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© Libby Scarlett and Amber Denneny for Mosaic
There’s strong pressure on universities to do something about spiralling student mental health problems, but what is best?
10 December 2019
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© Libby Scarlett and Amber Denneny for Mosaic
One woman leads the way in stopping snakebite from killing and mutilating thousands in Indonesia. Meet Maha, the snakebite doctor.
10 December 2019
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If you have sleep apnoea, chances are you don’t realise it. But it’s linked to diabetes, heart disease and other conditions, and it can put your life at risk.
10 December 2019
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Women athletes are twice as likely as men to get concussed – and the effects are more severe. But with research focusing mainly on men, what can we do to make sure women with concussion aren’t left behind?
6 December 2019
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What makes the world’s most successful children’s TV programmes so addictive – and so strange? Linda Geddes explores the research on kids’ TV, what it’s teaching us about childhood development, and how that can help make programmes for the better.
3 December 2019
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Planting mangrove trees on the shores of Vietnam is helping protect against global warming – and also sowing the seeds of female empowerment.
26 November 2019
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Trypophobia is the fear of clusters of holes and cracks. Its origin may be evolutionary but as awareness spreads online, is it becoming a social contagion?
12 November 2019
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Meet the researchers making science more sustainable.
5 November 2019
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© Daniel Stier at Twenty Twenty and Miren Marañón at East Photographic for Mosaic
Gloves, sample tubes, bottles and vials – the world’s labs produce millions of tonnes of waste each year. Alice Bell meets the scientists who are finding less polluting ways to work.
5 November 2019
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Glasgow has become notorious for the kind of mental and physical ills that plague city dwellers everywhere. Is urban life itself harmful to humans – or can we rethink cities so that they can help us to thrive?
15 October 2019
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