2016
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Dawn of the Anthropocene: five ways we know humans have triggered a new geological epoch
- Professor Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams discuss ways in which the human impact on the planet can be seen
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How Black Holes Shape Galaxies
- Professor Andrew King discusses the science behind black holes
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Exciting missions that could unlock secrets of the solar system in 2016
- Professor John Bridges outlines questions about our solar system waiting to be answered this year
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Cycling should take a lead from F1 as hidden motor scandal emerges
- Dr Charlotte Smith discusses 'mechanical doping'
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Gravitational waves offer glimpse into the past – but will we ever catch ripples from the Big Bang?
- Professor Andrew King discusses the LIGO experiment to detect gravitational waves in space
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RRS Boaty McBoatface: life aboard a scientific research vessel
- Dr Sally Morgan discusses how research ships around the world help answer big scientific questions about our planet
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The World that Management Made
- Professor Gibson Burrell discusses Robert MacFarlane's recent article in the Guardian on The Anthropocene and why it deserves attention
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STR Trek: the Next Generation
- Dr Lisa Smith and Professor Mark Jobling discuss Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys's discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its lasting impact
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Jupiter’s aurora: the most powerful Northern lights display in the solar system
- Research postgraduate Rosie Johnson discusses how the Juno mission will provide us with a fantastic opportunity to study the most powerful aurora in the solar system
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Juno and the University of Leicester
- Dr Leigh Fletcher outlines the University's long history of involvement in cutting-edge space research over the last five decades
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NASA’s Juno arrives at Jupiter to lift its cloudy veil – but first it must survive the hostile environment
- Dr Leigh Fletcher discusses the ambitious Juno mission and some of the perils the spacecraft will face on the way to Jupiter
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Soaring with the Global Hawk
- Last year a new UK-made atmospheric science instrument flew for the first time on NASA’s Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. Hartmut Bösch and Paul Palmer describe how it got there – and how it will help scientists understand the way greenhouse gases are transported around the world and where they are being emitted and absorbed.
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When it rains...
- Dr Leigh Fletcher appeared on this month’s episode of BBC Sky at Night to discuss Juno’s goals at Jupiter, and describes the importance of Jupiter’s water in this new post
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The New Archaeology of Primates
- Dr Huw Barton discusses how both Capuchins and Chimpanzees are showing evidence of using tools, problem solving and more, lifting the lid on a new field of archaeology
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The Birth of Giants
- Dr Leigh Fletcher discusses how Juno could revolutionise our understanding of the origins of Jupiter via gravitational mapping of its internal structure.
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Hot hot hot, above the Great Red Spot
- Henrik Melin from the Department of Physics and Astronomy discusses the upper atmosphere of Jupiter
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The Jupiter Time Capsule
- Dr Leigh Fletcher discusses our understanding of the giant planet and its bulk composition
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Expert reaction to study looking at air pollution and survival in people with lung cancer
- Professor Michael Peake discusses new research suggesting pollution may shorten lung cancer patients' lives in Science Media Centre expert comment
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"Our results are important in developing efficient breeding schemes for better bees"
- Dr Eamonn Mallon discusses declining bee populations and genomic imprinting
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First, wonderful, glimpse of Jupiter
- Henrik Melin discusses the recent images released by NASA of Jupiter's auroras
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What’s happening in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere down at the equator?
- PhD student Rosie Johnson discusses the many aspects of the Jovian aurora which remain to be discovered
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This new fingerprint technique could revolutionise the way we solve gun crime
- Dr John Bond OBE discusses his refined technique for cracking gun crimes
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The spacecraft that came before Juno
- PhD student Henrik Melin discusses the Pioneer 10 spacecraft which visited Jupiter decades ago
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Get ready for ESA's white knuckle descent to the red planet
- Professor Mark Sims discusses the Mars-bound Schiaparelli craft and its scheduled landing on the surface of Mars
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It’s been a turbulent start, but Juno is now delivering spectacular insights into Jupiter
- Dr Leigh Fletcher discusses the future of the Juno mission going into 2017