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Hidden engineers under our feet! In a new SciPod episode, Roos van de Logt explains how deep-burrowing earthworms could help grasslands buffer floods, soak up drought and build climate resilience by shaping soil from below. Listen now! www.scipod.global/roos-van-de-... doi.org/10.1016/j.ej...
Roos van de Logt | Hidden Engineers: How Earthworms Could Help Us Weather a Changing Climate • scipod.global
If you were to observe a quiet Dutch pasture, you might not guess that one of the most important climate-resilience workers in the landscape is silently engineering the soil beneath the grass. However...
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February 5, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Dr Suzanne Coyle explores how weaving spirituality into psychotherapy through storytelling can help people find meaning and healing. www.scipod.global/dr-suzanne-c... #Psychotherapy #Wellbeing doi.org/10.3390/rel1...
Dr Suzanne Coyle | Weaving Spirituality into Psychotherapy: How Stories Help Healing • scipod.global
As the practice of psychotherapy increasingly embraces the spiritual dimensions of the human experience, therapists are investigating new ways to weave faith and meaning into healing. Dr Suzanne Coyle...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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History Written in Base-Pairs reveals how African pig genomes tell deep stories of adaptation, human movement and resilience, showing why local genetic diversity matters for food security and evolution. www.scipod.global/associate-pr...
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Associate Professor Adeniyi Charles Adeola | History Written in Base-Pairs: The Hidden Stories in African Pig Genomes • scipod.global
Africa is often described as a continent of extremes. Vast deserts give way to lush rainforests; humid coastlines sit beside high, cool plateaus; ancient savannas stretch for thousands of kilometers. ...
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January 29, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Dr Reginald O’Hara looks at how caffeine and brain chemistry shape our resilience, focus and performance under pressure. A fresh take on how that cup of coffee affects how we think and work. www.scipod.global/dr-reginald-... #Caffeine #PerformanceScience doi.org/10.1093/milm...
Dr. Reginald O’Hara | Regulating Resilience: Caffeine, Neuromodulation, and the Biology of Performance • scipod.global
In an era defined by constant pressure, chronic stress, and escalating performance demands, the question of how humans sustain physical and mental effectiveness has never been more urgent. From soldie...
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January 29, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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How do metals in our blood affect human health?
Dr Jürgen Gailer explores how new tools are revealing an invisible chemi-cal world inside the body. www.scipod.global/dr-jurgen-ga...
#Health #Science doi.org/10.1093/mtomcs/mfae028
Dr. Jürgen Gailer | Linking the Blood Chemistry of Metals with Adverse Human Health: New Tools Reveal an Invisible World • scipod.global
Researchers Maryam Doroudian and Jürgen Gailer from the University of Calgary explore what happens when red blood cells rupture and release a zinc-containing enzyme called carbonic anhydrase 1 into th...
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January 27, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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The hardest moment in opioid recovery often hits just as hope begins, withdrawal can feel unbearable. New research shows how mild brain stimulation may ease symptoms and support people as they start recovery. www.scipod.global/easing-the-h... doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
Easing the Hardest Moment: How Brain Stimulation Is Transforming Care for People with Opioid Use Disorder • scipod.global
In the world of opioid addiction treatment, the hardest moment often arrives precisely when hope begins to emerge. It is the moment someone chooses to stop using opioids. That decision, courageous and...
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January 15, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Natural history museums are often described as places that care for ani-mals. But what does that care really mean when the animals are extinct, preserved, and displayed? This SciPod explores the hidden stories behind “dead zoos”
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Dr Katrina Schlunke | Bringing Dead Zoos to Life: Caring for Extinct Animals and Living Cultures • scipod.global
Step into a natural history museum, sometimes called a ‘dead zoo’, and you will find yourself surrounded by silence. Behind glass cases and inside drawers lie animals long gone: the Tasmanian tiger, t...
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January 15, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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What do young people really think about online safety education? This project led by the Young and Resilient Research Centre at Western Sydney University in partner-ship with the PROJECT ROCKIT Foundation. www.scipod.global/reimagining-... doi.org/10.26183/3bz...
Reimagining online safety education through the eyes of young people • scipod.global
In today’s world, the internet is more than a tool. It can be a place where friendships are built, identities are explored, and young people find connection. For teenagers, digital spaces are a huge c...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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How should judges handle cultural differences in international trials? Professor Quackelbeen explains why culture matters in delivering fair justice.
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Professor Ligeia Quackelbeen | How Should Judges Consider Cultural Concepts in International Criminal Law? • scipod.global
Research from Assistant Professor Ligeia Quackelbeen at Tilburg University examines how international criminal courts categorize cultural practices such as forced marriage, revealing issues with curre...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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New from Rasha Bayoumi calling for fairer and more equitable science diplomacy. Her work highlights the need for global research to move toward true collaboration with shared decision making and stronger leadership from the Global South. www.scipod.global/dr-rasha-bay... doi.org/10.3389/fpub...
Dr. Rasha Bayoumi | Decolonizing Global Collaboration: Building Equitable Science Diplomacy • scipod.global
Science diplomacy, meaning the use of scientific collaboration to strengthen international relations and address shared global challenges, has long been hailed as a force for good. Yet, as Dr. Rasha B...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Imagine zap-treating brain tumours with just light, no drugs, no cutting. The GlioLighT consortium is exploring whether a 1267 nm laser can safely destroy brain cancer cells deep in the brain.
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Lighting the Path: How the GlioLighT Consortium Is Exploring New Ways to Treat Brain Tumours • scipod.global
Across the world, scientists are still trying to answer one of medicine’s most difficult questions: how can we safely and effectively treat brain cancers such as glioma? Despite decades of effort, out...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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We've just released a super-short audiobook summarising our project with @scipod.bsky.social! Check it out for a digestible, smooth introduction to what we do, how the science works, and how we're bringing European partners together to achieve our goal of a revolutionary new Glioma treatment. 🧠
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Professor Michael Saward shows how Tate Liver-pool’s Democracies exhibition helps us rethink political ideas using art to ex-plore how democracy is lived, felt and experienced in everyday life.
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Professor Michael Saward | How Art Exhibitions Offer New Ways to Understand Political Ideas • scipod.global
Professor Michael Saward from the University of Warwick examines how Tate Liverpool's Democracies exhibition used curatorial methods to explore democracy in ways that fundamentally differ from traditi...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Imagine detecting malaria with just light and sound, no needles, no blood draw. This new technique could change global health forever. www.scipod.global/prof-vladimi...
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Prof. Vladimir Zharov | Detecting Malaria with Light and Sound Without Blood Draw Can Transform Global Health • scipod.global
For centuries, malaria has been one of the deadliest diseases on the planet. Nearly half of the world remains at risk of malaria with more than half a million deaths each year, most of them in childre...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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What’s really happening between pesticides and pollinators? New re-search from Professor Keith Solomon and Dr Gladys Stephenson brings balanced, evidence-based clarity to a heated topic. www.scipod.global/professor-ke... doi.org/10.1080/1093... #Pollinators #Environment
Professor Keith Solomon - Dr. Gladys Stephenson | The Weight of Evidence: Brought Clarity to the Buzz About Pesticides and Pollinators • scipod.global
Modern environmental science faces a curious paradox. We have more data than ever, but less certainty. For scientists, policymakers, and the public alike, the sheer volume of studies, each with its ow...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Explore how turbulence in the lower atmosphere above West Africa impacts weather patterns and climate dynamics. Listen: www.scipod.global/dr-ossenatou... #AtmosphericScience #WestAfricaWeather doi.org/10.1007/s00703-024-01043-x
Dr. Ossénatou Mamadou | Understanding turbulence in the lower atmosphere above West Africa • scipod.global
West Africa’s climate is constantly being shaped by interactions between the ground and the lower atmosphere, where instabilities can give rise to unpredictable turbulence. Guided by extensive weather...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Explore how multiracial families reveal the persistent realities of race despite the myth of a “post-racial” America. Listen: www.scipod.global/professor-ch... #RaceInAmerica #FamilyDynamics doi.org/10.3390/gene...
Professor Chandra Waring | The Myth of the “Post-Racial” Family: What Multiracial Families Reveal About Race in America • scipod.global
In the United States, families that cross racial lines often attract admiration and curiosity. Such families are increasingly common, and they are seen by many as living proof that love conquers preju...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Professor Alex McBratney explores “Soil Security Starts Here”, a bold framework for safeguarding the very ground beneath us, ensuring a stable future for food, climate and life. www.scipod.global/professor-al... #SoilSecurity #SustainableFuture
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Professor Alex McBratney | Soil Security Starts Here: a Framework for the Future • scipod.global
Soil sits at the heart of nearly every major challenge humanity faces, from food, water and energy security to climate change, biodiversity loss, human health, and the delivery of vital ecosystem serv...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Professor Dr Susanne Maria Maurer reveals how social work keeps alive the memory of society’s deepest conflicts, gender, class, race, and acts as an open archive of our shared past. www.scipod.global/professor-dr...
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Professor Dr Susanne Maria Maurer | How Social Work Functions as Living Memory of Society's Deepest Conflicts • scipod.global
Research from Professor Dr Susanne Maria Maurer, former chair of social pedagogy at the Philipps-Universität Marburg, reveals how social work institutions and practices serve as repositories of knowle...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Penelope J. Corfield guides us through her book Time Space: We Are All in It Together, exploring how our lives, societies and the entire cosmos are woven into a dynamic time-space continuum. A timely reflection on our shared journey. www.scipod.global/penelope-j-c... #history #philosophy
Penelope J. Corfield | Time-Space: Exploring How Humans Navigate Cosmic Existence • scipod.global
Penelope J. Corfield’s groundbreaking book, entitled Time-Space: We Are All in It Together, presents a multidimensional framework for understanding how humans exist within the cosmic continuum of time...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Dr Jeffrey Curran Henson uncovers how the mood-stabiliser lithium can slow the heart’s natural pacemaker and how a decades old asthma drug offered a life-saving workaround. www.scipod.global/dr-jeffrey-c... A powerful reminder even trusted medicines carry hidden risks. doi.org/10.3389/fcvm...
Dr. Jeffrey Curran Henson | When Lithium Slows the Heart, and How an unlikely Asthma Drug Offered a Way Out • scipod.global
For more than half a century, lithium has been one of the most reliable treatments for bipolar disorder. It has given countless people the ability to stabilize their moods and reclaim lives otherwise ...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Science isn’t one-size-fits-all. In the Asia Pacific, many researchers speak the language of discovery, not always the language of publication. Let’s open the doors to all voices. Listen: www.scipod.global/speaking-sci... #GoodPublicationPractice #ISMPP doi.org/10.1080/0300...
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Dr Rhonda Millikin and her team show that in some forests, cutting trees to reduce wildfire risk can back-fire, thinning makes sites hotter, drier and windier, boosting fire risk instead.
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Dr. Rhonda Millikin | When Fighting Fire Backfires: How Cutting Trees Can Raise Fire Risk • scipod.global
Across North America, the phrase “fuel management” is used almost as often as “climate change” when people talk about wildfires. The idea is simple: forests burn because they are full of fuel, includi...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Dr Kai Hilpert’s team is using AI to predict antimicrobial peptides in human serum, unveiling a powerful new strategy against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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Dr. Kai Hilpert | AI-Powered Prediction of Antimicrobial Peptides in Human Serum: A New Strategy Against Resistant Bacteria • scipod.global
In the 20th century, antibiotics transformed medicine. Infections that once killed millions could be cured with a pill or injection. Surgeries became safer, cancer treatments more effective, and advan...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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How do magic tricks and spycraft reveal the secrets of the human mind? Dr Rafael Lenzi explores how deception shapes what we believe we see.
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Dr. Rafael Lenzi | From Magic Tricks to Spycraft: What Espionage Teaches Us About the Human Mind • scipod.global
When we think of spies and their activities, we imagine trench coats, hidden cameras, and tense exchanges in safehouses. Hollywood has given us the daring adventures of James Bond and Jason Bourne, al...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM