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When plants moved ashore and changed the planet

In the beginning of the Palaeozoic era, 500 million years ago, the surface of the Earth was covered with water and barren rock and was uninhabitable to modern life forms.  The atmosphere contained 20 times more carbon dioxide but only half as much oxygen as today. For large animals living on…

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The DNA detective game

With the help of a detective game, Kenneth Wallace-Müller from the Gene Jury team introduces the use of DNA in forensics and the ethical questions…

           


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