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SEEN 9.8 Website of the week

How to make your garden more Bee kind https://beekind.bumblebeeconservation.org/  

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SEEN 9.8 Species of the week

The foxglove ā€“ in Norse mythology, foxes wear the flowers to travel silently http://www.thepoisongarden.co.uk/atoz/digitalis.htm  

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SEEN 9.8 Southampton news

On Saturday 23rd February, the Outreach team at the University of Southampton will be hosting a visit by Dr Paolo Bombelli, a Postdoctoral Researcher in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge. Dr Bombelli will be delivering a talk about his research in using plants and mosses to generate electricity. 11am-midday in building 67. The talk […]

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SEEN 9.8 Employability

2nd year students – The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust have 3 year in industry places left. The remaining 3 placements are: Computer science placement ā€“ across the GIS, Biometrics and IT departments (1 placement) Upland research unit, North Pennines: Langholm (2 placements) Applications must be received by 15th March for the computer science placement […]

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SEEN 9.7 website of the week

Read ā€œOn the origin of speciesā€ here http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F373&viewtype=side&pageseq=1  

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SEEN 9.7 Species of the week

Madagascan Christmas orchid ā€“ Darwin predicted a pollinator with a tongue long enough to teach the nectar https://www.theguardian.com/science/lost-worlds/2013/oct/02/moth-tongues-orchids-darwin-evolution  

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Fur map of the world (thank you, Mark!) https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fur-fashion-map Ā  The modern synthesis https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23130880-400-the-odd-couple-how-evolution-and-genetics-finally-got-together/?utm_medium=SOC&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549971298 Ā  Darwin left medical school to pursue natural history https://www.ed.ac.uk/biology/about/notable-alumni/charles-darwin Ā  Listen to episodes of Radio 4ā€™s Darwin: in our time https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00g9zb3/episodes/player?ns_campaign=bbc_radio_4&ns_mchannel=social&ns_linkname=radio_and_music&ns_source=twitter Ā  Women scientists whose contributions were hidden in footnotes https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/womens-history-in-science-hidden-footnotes/582472/ Ā  In Biological Sciences we have no problem recruiting […]

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SEEN 9.7 Southampton news

Southampton lantern festival is on this weekend http://www.discoversouthampton.co.uk/events/lantern-festival-parade-25492  

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SEEN 9.7 Employability

TheĀ Conservation Career Starter Residential is being held over the first weekend in April (6th – 9th inclusive) at the fabulous Juniper Hall Field Centre, Dorking, Near London. This is a very special four day residential training course designed to increase their chances of employment within the competitive conservation sector.Ā Ā Ā  The residential will help people to […]

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SEEN 9.6 Website of the week

Southampton Natural History Society https://sotonnhs.net/  

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