SoT 173: Our Favourite Science Stories of 2014
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Some of our best science stories from 2014. Comet landings, Ebola outbreaks, retracted stem cell studies, faecal transplant capsules and more!
\\nClimate Change and Australian science policy
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- 2013 was Australia\\u2019s hottest year, warm for much of the world \\n
- January 2014 southeastern Australia heat wave \\n
- Coal \'good for humanity\', Prime Minister Tony Abbott says at $3.9b Queensland mine opening \\n
- Abbott brings back Science minister in cabinet reshuffle \\n
- Polar Vortex - Why the Arctic Is Drunk Right Now \\n
- Climate Change / Sinking Ship tweet \\n
- Stephen Colbert tweet about global warming \\n
Microbiology
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- Early Antibiotics Change Gut Microbes, Fuel Obesity \\n
- A capsule containing poo can treat chronic intestinal infections \\n
- The Quantified Microbiome Self \\n
Retracted STAP study
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- How Japan\\u2019s most promising young stem-cell scientist duped the scientific journal Nature \\u2014 and destroyed her career \\n
- STAP retracted \\n
- Setting the Record Straight \\n
Comet landing
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- Scientific riches await Philae comet lander, if it wakes up \\n
- Philae\\u2019s Wild Comet Landing: Crater Grazing, Spinning And Landing In Parts Unknown \\n
Viruses
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- Polio Declared An International Health Emergency \\n
- Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa \\n
- SoT 167: Sticky Feet\\xa0- Featuring our interview with Dr. Grant Hill-Cawthorne about the Ebola epidemic \\n