Signs of cancer that occur years before diagnosis could lead to earlier cancer detection
Early signs of cancer can appear years before diagnosis and developing tests for these genetic signs could provide new ways to spot cancer early, according to new research led by the Crick and EMBL-EBI, and supported by an international cancer genomics consortium, the Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Project.

Queen Mary lead European project to tackle plastic pollution
A €14m joint project involving key partners across England and France has launched this week in a bid to prevent plastic hotspots in the Channel
Preventing Plastic Pollution (PPP), led by Queen Mary researcher Dr J Iwan Jones, will develop a model to gather data on the amount and likely sources of plastic pollution at seven pilot sites: Brest Harbour, Bay of Douarnenez, Bay of Veys, Poole Harbour, and the Medway Tamar, and Great Ouse estuaries.

Climate change: what if we miss the target? Professor Richard Betts
The 19 February 2020 from 7.00pm – 9.00pm Professor Richard Betts will give a talk at the
Newman Green Lecture Theatre, University of Exeter(EX4 4QJ).
In this talk, Betts looks at the impacts of climate change at global warming 1.5°C, 2°C and above, and asks how much worse could these get, and is the worst still avoidable?

Wildlife Photographer of the Year
The fifty-fifth Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will immerse you in the breathtaking diversity of the natural world. The exhibition is hold at the historical Natural History Museum of London.
A panel of international experts selected the awarded images from almost 50,000 entries by the world’s best photographers.