There was an interesting programme about oaks trees on BBC4 last week, watch it on iPlayer here http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06fq03t/oak-tree-natures-greatest-survivor
For Ada Lovelace day – Implicit and explicit bias against women in science https://peerj.com/blog/post/115284878277/we-need-to-be-vigilant-to-stop-biases-occurring-solving-the-challenges-of-gender-balance-in-science-an-interview-with-professor-jonathan-eisen/
Dung beetles confused by seeds that smell like dung http://www.biosphereonline.com/2015/10/05/dung-beetles-deceived-by-dropping-like-seeds/
Summer review from the short-haired bumblebee project – http://www.bumblebeereintroduction.org/summer-review-2015/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=summer-review-2015
Lynda.com – how to take notes (Jake found this and it looks really, really useful). Login here http://www.southampton.ac.uk/isolutions/services/lynda/, then search for “Study skills fundamentals” and go to part 2
Kimbetopsalis simmonsae – http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/05/paleo-profile-kimbetopsalis-simmonsae/
Wildlife is making a comeback at Chernobyl, is it because there are no people there? https://theconversation.com/wolves-boar-and-other-wildlife-defy-contamination-to-make-a-comeback-at-chernobyl-48600
Life on Mars? http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/searching-for-life-in-martian-water-will-be-very-very-tricky/
A coral reef fish that uses individual facial recognition http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/151001-fish-faces-animals-science-oceans/
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