21stCenturyDilemmas

This web site provides news about the book series 21st Century Dilemmas. Each book in the series will focus on a specific modern day issue

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Sword-slashing sailfish hint at origins of cooperative hunting: A simple form of group hunting which sees sai... https://t.co/HpBC0NAm0Y

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Plants ‘see’ underground by channelling light to their roots: Roots of many plants have light receptors, and ... https://t.co/qelR1BhdbB

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Glasses make facial recog software think you’re Milla Jovovich: Printing bespoke tortoiseshell designs onto a... https://t.co/vcRb2gj8zm

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Knowing doctors’ death rates can’t help you avoid a bad surgeon: You might think publishing surgeons’ death r... https://t.co/4LRODmhLRy

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Carbon nanotubes turn spinach plants into a living bomb detector: Spinach plants with added nanotubes can det... https://t.co/mBo6gI3YMA

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Extreme weather is behind record lows in butterfly populations: Heat waves, cold snaps, and heavy rain may be... https://t.co/9H3MMj99z2

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Space telescope duo will showcase the solar system in 3D: From 2019 to 2021, the Hubble and James Webb telesc... https://t.co/zCQw2UKV0y

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How lack of oxygen makes bacteria cause acne and how to stop it: When deprived of oxygen, harmless bacteria o... https://t.co/oJCebZWg3z

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Climate campaigners should have the right to sue governments: The Australian government wants to stop environ... https://t.co/soxhQmxaQg

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Inaudible sounds could hijack your devices: Devices can now communicate with each other via ultrasound, as th... https://t.co/PekbI1Mk9b

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Fish swims to the same nest each year just like migrating birds: Is it a bird? No, it’s a fish. The shanny re... https://t.co/WMhR7yEGQz

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Chimps and bonobos interbred and exchanged genes: Humans are not the only great apes to have had an ancient f... https://t.co/fRXP40yaIS

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Physics tweak solves five of the biggest problems in one go: Adding six particles to the standard model of pa... https://t.co/ZsdPGoGTWZ

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Dusty feet keep invading geckos trapped on building: Foot-fouling grime restricts interloping geckos on a sma... https://t.co/Q881bCryJB

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Wildlife numbers more than halve since 1970s in mass extinction: Mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptile... https://t.co/QCyTEpLlhO

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Our Ice Age ancestors skinned cave lions to make roofs for huts: Cave lion bones found near prehistoric huts ... https://t.co/FQ98ydygtM

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HIV jumped to the US in 1970 – 10 years before it was spotted: The HIV virus was in the US in the 1970s befo... https://t.co/jOGPQcK9m5

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Kamikaze cells wage biowarfare and fight viruses with viruses: When a giant virus attacks one marine predator... https://t.co/RZ9hRBn06W

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Spider-eating bug muffles web vibrations to sneak up on prey: It’s a silent assassin. To eat a spider, the lo... https://t.co/w5F2TKNh2u

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Mice fall for rubber hand illusion just like us: Rodents can be tricked into thinking a fake tail is their ow... https://t.co/93ec1M9oJF