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13 Aug 2014:Maryam Mirzakhani, who was born and raised in Iran, has been awarded the highest honour a mathematician can attain
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30 Jun 2014:
The Earth is entering a new epoch shaped by human activity. Gaia Vince embarked on an epic journey to discover the fate of the planet, and what ordinary folk are doing to preserve it
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26 Jun 2014:
With the announcement of the winning challenge for the Longitude Prize, Richard Dunn asks what history tells us about finding a 'new John Harrison'
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25 Jun 2014: Scientists encouraged to try to solve the problem of decreasing effectiveness of drugs as part of this year's Longitude Prize
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20 Jun 2014:
From creating carbon-neutral flights to fighting antibiotic resistance, the team debate which 21st century problem should be the focus of the second incarnation of the Longitude Prize
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15 Jun 2014:
Despite leaving school with no qualifications, Chris Toumazou has just won this week's European inventor award. We meet the man behind the high-speed DNA test and profile the other finalists in this prestigious contest
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27 May 2014:
President Obama celebrated student winners in a range of science, technology, engineering and math competitions, meeting students from around the US
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21 May 2014: Jonathan Mendel: When it comes to dealing with global challenges, we should be holding our government to account, not seduced by hopes that science will solve our problems
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19 May 2014:
Jessica Bland is at the BBC in London for the unveiling of the shortlist for the Longitude Prize 2014 – a £10m fund to solve one of the greatest problems of our time
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19 May 2014: The 2014 Longitude Prize, launched today, has a steering committee chaired by the Astronomer Royal. Rebekah Higgitt compares it to the original 18th-century Board of Longitude
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18 May 2014:
John Harrison's timekeeping devices changed nautical history. Three centuries later, a worthy successor could win £10m, writes Alice Roberts
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7 May 2014:
GrrlScientist: The Royal Society has just announced its Young People's Book Prize shortlist for 2014. The winner from amongst these six books will be chosen by groups of young people from across the UK.
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20 Apr 2014:
Zoë Corbyn speaks to the Nobel-winning scientist who proved that the big bang created the cosmos
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21 Mar 2014:
Stuart Clark: At least half a dozen scientists are in the frame if the discovery of primordial gravitational waves is confirmed – but only three can get it
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2 Jan 2014: Editorial: As well as the year of family farming, 2014 has been deemed to be International Year of Crystallography
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