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Fields and fungicides: mixing microbiology and social science

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Fields and fungicides: mixing microbiology and social science. AZOLE – a group of chemical compounds often used as agricultural or medicinal fungicides. We come from a variety of backgrounds including microbiology, human geography and theology,” says Dr Andy Jones, the theologian in the group. Published: May 25, 2022.

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Urban farming for urban families

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The 15th Street Farm NEP teaches its students about the links between agriculture, nutrition and wellness. The liberal arts consist of the natural sciences, like biology, ecology and neuroscience, formal sciences, like physics and maths, social sciences, and the humanities. What do students learn?

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The power of geographic information systems: bringing data to life with maps

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I went to university to study geography, then started a master’s in meteorology. I was also taking classes in remote sensing and GIS which I found very exciting, so I transitioned back to geography and focused on climatology for my master’s thesis. At school, I gravitated towards the social sciences.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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This required data about social factors in each district, such as the population age structure, level of employment and literacy rate. This is a particular issue in the mountainous regions of Peru, where challenging geography makes it hard to build infrastructure and where policymakers have not focused much attention.

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What did human communities look like 20,000 years ago?

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They are studying sites in the surrounding regions, such as Azraq, as well as those further afield in Cyprus, to understand the extent of hunter-gatherer movement before agricultural village life. “We DR LISA MAHER University of California, Berkeley, US. FIELDS OF RESEARCH: Prehistoric Archaeology and Geoarchaeology.