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This #FungiFriday we wanted to introduce you to our newest research leads in Kew Mycology! 🍄🧪
Dr. Carrie Andrew just joined the Mycorrhizal Ecology group in Quantitative Mycorrhizal Ecology. In her research she's demonstrated that global change has, and will continue to transform fungi 🧵👇
Dr. Carrie Andrew just joined the Mycorrhizal Ecology group in Quantitative Mycorrhizal Ecology. In her research she's demonstrated that global change has, and will continue to transform fungi 🧵👇
April 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This #FungiFriday we wanted to introduce you to our newest research leads in Kew Mycology! 🍄🧪
Dr. Carrie Andrew just joined the Mycorrhizal Ecology group in Quantitative Mycorrhizal Ecology. In her research she's demonstrated that global change has, and will continue to transform fungi 🧵👇
Dr. Carrie Andrew just joined the Mycorrhizal Ecology group in Quantitative Mycorrhizal Ecology. In her research she's demonstrated that global change has, and will continue to transform fungi 🧵👇
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How far will Trump's assault on US universities go? Will it trigger a significant brain drain? Can other countries replace the best-resourced university system in global history? And does even he know yet just how authoritarian he wants to be? Me @FT on.ft.com/43zmShn
Donald Trump vs the universities: how far will it go?
[FREE TO READ] Former Columbia president Lee Bollinger wants US institutions to unite and fight the assault in court
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April 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
How far will Trump's assault on US universities go? Will it trigger a significant brain drain? Can other countries replace the best-resourced university system in global history? And does even he know yet just how authoritarian he wants to be? Me @FT on.ft.com/43zmShn
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We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
March 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
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RIP President Jimmy Carter. You didn't preach about what we should do; you simply lived it. Perhaps the greatest example of leadership by any president after leaving office.
December 29, 2024 at 9:50 PM
RIP President Jimmy Carter. You didn't preach about what we should do; you simply lived it. Perhaps the greatest example of leadership by any president after leaving office.
Fascinating stuff. It's amazing how long before everything starts to rise and what a low base it comes from. Child mortality rates are the thing here I guess
We have just updated our long-term data on life expectancy around the world.
👇 The data by continent shows that life expectancy has more than doubled in every world region.
(Here is all our work on life expectancy: ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy)
👇 The data by continent shows that life expectancy has more than doubled in every world region.
(Here is all our work on life expectancy: ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy)
December 9, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Fascinating stuff. It's amazing how long before everything starts to rise and what a low base it comes from. Child mortality rates are the thing here I guess