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Jennifer

Jennifer Green

After graduating with a degree in Zoology from the University of Leeds, I decided to pursue a career in Science Journalism and enrolled on a masters course at City University, London. Now half way through the year, I have specialised in filming, editing and producing news programmes, documentaries and web content. My long term dream is to work producing wildlife documentaries, but I'm also interested in creating marketing clips for company websites.



X-ray reveals new link between birds and dinosaurs

Scientists working at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California announced last week that an X-ray analysis has revealed a chemical connection between birds and dinosaurs.

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Posted on 20th May 2010No Comments
Foreign bug will be introduced to control UK Knotweed

Have scientists found a way to limit the growth of Japanese knotweed?

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Posted on 20th May 2010No Comments
Have biofuels accelerated a food crisis?

Marketed as a solution to environmental degradation and our dependence on peak oil, biofuels once appeared a promising ‘green’, renewable energy source.

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Posted on 20th May 20103 Comments
Neanderthal gene extends to Asia and Middle East

A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome has provided a new insight into evolution – including evidence of interbreeding with ‘modern day’ humans.

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Posted on 20th May 2010No Comments
Poachers kill world’s ‘rarest large mammal’

Conservationists are now debating whether or not the Vietnamese population of Javan rhino has any chance of survival

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Posted on 20th May 20107 Comments
Interview with John Stewart

We interviewed John Stewart, chair of HACAN ClearSkies, regarding pollution, biofuels and the third runway.

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Posted on 19th May 20101 Comment
Accidental discovery could help eradicate malaria

Scientists have found a way to lock malaria parasites within infected blood cells to trap the disease and possibly treat it.

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Posted on 19th May 20102 Comments
Three-parent IVF may prevent babies from inheriting diseases

Three-parent IVF treatment aims to get rid of rare genetic disorders in mothers.

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Posted on 29th April 20106 Comments
Is the truth out there?

The chance of detecting extra terrestrial life is now greater than ever before, Lord Martin Rees told scientists two weeks ago at a Royal Society conference in London.

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Posted on 15th February 20101 Comment