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Can modern technology uncover the secrets of evolution?

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Most specimens held in museum archives are not displayed in exhibits that are open to the public. As palaeontology draws on skills and knowledge from geology and biology, you can enter the field from either of these directions. Mass extinction — a widespread (global) and rapid decline in biodiversity in which many species die out.

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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

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For about fifty years, the Brillouin scattering techniques we now use were only applied to physics and geology,” she says. This all changed with the rise of interdisciplinary science. I loved building things, such as with LEGO, and enjoyed mathematics – I was always quite good at it. It also hosts a wealth of online outreach resources.

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