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Internationally renowned novelist joins Leicester’s top academics to discuss why climate change has been banished from fiction books
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/dr-amitav-ghosh
Distinguished author and Booker prize nominee, Dr Amitav Ghosh, will join top scientists and a world-leading historian to explore how the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences have shaped, and can shape, our thinking about the climate emergency.
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March 14th 2013 Sol 215
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/14/march-14th-2013-sol-215/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 14, 2013 The results from our drill hole are showing that the John Kein rocks include mudstone, with about 20% of it composed of a clay called smectite.
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Elite rugby event aims to keep premier league players at the top of their game
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/rugby-conference
A special conference organised by the University of Leicester’s Physical Activity and Rehabilitation Group, has sought to address the types of injuries professional sportspeople experience throughout their career and the care needed to keep them on the pitch.
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Indonesian peat fire carbon emissions vary considerably based on fire type study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/indonesian-peat-fire-carbon-emissions-vary-considerably-based-on-fire-type-study-shows
Carbon emissions caused by burning tropical peatlands in Indonesia vary considerably depending on if the fires are initial or recurrent, according to new research co-authored by Professor Susan Page and Dr Kevin Tansey from the Department of Geography.
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Monday 8th October Sol 62
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/08/monday-8th-october-sol-62/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 8, 2012 The first of our scoops is going well with the soil vibrated in the scoop to remove any excess.
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The Sense of Touch for Archaeological Knowing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/03/20/the-sense-of-touch-for-archaeological-knowing/
Posted by kpijpers in School of Business Blog on March 20, 2018 In this post, Dr Kevin Pijpers discusses his recently completed doctoral research on how archaeologists use their senses, in particular their sense of touch and the relationship between archaeological...
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24th March 2014 Sol 580
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/03/24/24th-march-2014-sol-580/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 24, 2014 We have reached the outcrops of which Kimberley is part of. After we have done some contact science at our current location ‘Square_Top’ we will move up towards Kimberley itself to prepare for drilling.
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Close your eyes and pull like a dog.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/08/18/close-your-eyes-and-pull-like-a-dog/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on August 18, 2016 As I write this Olympics 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, are in their final days. Once again the four-yearly sports fest has produced a blend of the good, the bad and the ugly.
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Close your eyes and pull like a dog.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/09/22/close-your-eyes-and-pull-like-a-dog-2/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on September 22, 2016 Now that the Olympics and Paralympics are all done, it appears that once again the four-yearly sports fest has produced a blend of the good, the bad and the ugly.
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8th September 2013 Sol 388
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/09/08/8th-september-2013-sol-388/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 8, 2013 In our last main drive we managed 140 m in one sol! This means we will get to Waypoint 1 more quickly than expected.