Serious Readers Blog
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Eyes of the Animal Kingdom – Who has the most?
Friday 29 April 2022The eye is one of the most marvellously complex results of evolution, and our eyes are more complicated than most.
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Eyes of the Animal Kingdom – Who has the most?
29 Apr 2022 -
Glowing plants - The greenest path to sustainable lighting
Wednesday 09 March 2022Glowing plants have grown 10x brighter in just five years. All they require are advanced nanobionics, photonic capacitors and new, powerful phosphors. Don’t worry - we’ll explain.
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Glowing plants - The greenest path to sustainable lighting
9 Mar 2022 -
Study shows cataract surgery reduces risk of dementia by up to 30%
Wednesday 09 March 2022Developing a disease of the brain is among the greatest fears a person can have.
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Study shows cataract surgery reduces risk of dementia by up to 30%
9 Mar 2022 -
Serious Quizzes - How well do you know your eyes?
Wednesday 09 March 2022The eyes, as we are so often told, are the windows to the soul - but what are those windows made of? And how do they work? Some of these questions, and more, will be answered.
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Serious Quizzes - How well do you know your eyes?
9 Mar 2022 -
Dickensian, Byronic, Orwellian and Kafkaesque. The authors whose names have become adjectives
Wednesday 09 February 2022Literature, however you define that term, consists of some of the most impactful writings across human history.
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Dickensian, Byronic, Orwellian and Kafkaesque. The authors whose names have become adjectives
9 Feb 2022 -
Why Daylight LEDs are the future of light design
Tuesday 08 February 2022It would be hard to argue against the fact that LED technology has transformed light design.
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Why Daylight LEDs are the future of light design
8 Feb 2022 -
Goodbye Christmas - Hello National Hobby month
Tuesday 04 January 2022National Hobby Month hasn’t been an official fixture of the calendar for long, but it is one of our favourite times of year at Serious Readers.
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Goodbye Christmas - Hello National Hobby month
4 Jan 2022 -
Air pollution causes rise in AMD
Monday 03 January 2022Following the COP26 Climate Summit in November, pollution and the environment have taken centre-stage, both in terms of media coverage, and many general discussions as well.
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Air pollution causes rise in AMD
3 Jan 2022 -
The surprising eye test which reveals heart disease
Sunday 02 January 2022Heart disease is one of the most common threats affecting us today, and its high prevalence is sadly matched by its severity, with the World Health Organisation regarding cardiovascular diseases as the world’s leading cause of death.
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The surprising eye test which reveals heart disease
2 Jan 2022 -
Take a glance at this year’s Booker Prize nominees
Tuesday 02 November 2021The Booker Prize for Fiction nominations this year featured an eclectic variety of authors and stories, whose tales have intrigued readers and critics the world over.
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Take a glance at this year’s Booker Prize nominees
2 Nov 2021 -
How does light in a virtual reality headset work?
Tuesday 02 November 2021Many technology-fearing films from the 1990s projected that virtual-reality technologies would become a daily part of our lives and would inform wide societal changes.
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How does light in a virtual reality headset work?
2 Nov 2021 -
Ozone layer defences prevent millions of cataracts
Tuesday 02 November 2021In 1987, the Montreal Protocol was signed, uniting multiple international communities in efforts to phase out CFCs, to protect us from the harmful effects of greater UV exposure.
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Ozone layer defences prevent millions of cataracts
2 Nov 2021
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