Origins: The first mobile phone call was 75 years ago – what it takes for technologies to go from breakthrough to big time
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- DANIEL BLISS
Professor of electrical engineering DANIEL BLISS, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at where the first mobile phone services began - and how they've evolved since...
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- David Adams
DAVID ADAMS looks at the concept of 'upcycling', the idea of using low-valued foods or food processing byproducts to generate products to eat...
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- LINDSAY BOTTOMS
In an article first published on The Conversation, LINDSAY BOTTOMS outlines the benefits of hiking...
A Sustainable Life: Stop removing your solar panels early, please. It's creating a huge waste problem for Australia
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- DEEPIKA MATHUR and IMRAN MUHAMMAD
In an article first published on The Conversation, DEEPIKA MATHUR, of Australia's Charles Darwin University, and IMRAN MUHAMMAD, of Massey University in New Zealand, look at why prematurely removing solar panels and throwing them away is such a problem...
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- STEVEN FURNELL
In an article first published on The Conversation, STEVEN FURNELL, professor of cyber security at the University of Nottingham, looks at some of the difficulties around the creation of passwords - and some tips to follow when creating one...
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- DUANE MELLOR
DUANE MELLOR, of Aston University, writes - in an article first published on The Conversation - about why potatoes don't deserve their bad reputation...
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- ALVIN JOHNSON
ALVIN JOHNSON looks at the Biblical mentions of the mandrake, known in Hebrew as the 'dudai'...
Significant Sights: The National Park discovered by a minister who collected fossils and taught evolution
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- JULIA DUIN
JULIA DUIN, of Religion Unplugged, visits the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center in Oregon...
A Sustainable Life: Short-haul flight ban is a good start – now we need to reimagine the modern airport
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- ENRICA PAPA and LUIS DELGADO
In an article first published on The Conversation, UK academics ENRICA PAPA and LUIS DELGADO argue that greater sustainability in travel could be achieved through greater integration of transport types...
Health Insight: Walking workouts are great for heart, bone, and muscle health – and almost everyone can do it
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- BRADLEY ELLIOTT
In an article first published on The Conversation, BRADLEY ELLIOTT, a senior lecturer in physiology at the University of Westminster, looks at the benefits of walking...
