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Editor’s comment: why the synchrotron is like New York

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12 March 2012

Before you begin your journey through Elements’ special report on the synchrotron, I wanted to tell you about my trip there.

The science behind panda conservation: Q&A with Iain Valentine

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5 March 2012

What is the ecological justification for saving pandas? Elements talks further with the director of animal conservation and research at Edinburgh Zoo.

Listen to more scientific advice, say lords

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29 February 2012

Science should play a more central role in advice given to government ministers, say members of the House of Lords.

Bar-headed geese, and the physiology of high altitude flight

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Meet the bar-headed goose – the bird that beats its wings where angels fear to fly

Elements podcast #2 – Cyclist in a box, DNA in a box, water meters, glue ear mice, #hairyfish

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27 February 2012

This is the second podcast from Elements – a new breed of science journalism. Cyclists, DNA and water in a box, Stonehenge, maternal mortality and #hairyfish

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