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23 Jul 2014
Ships, Clocks and Stars: The Quest for Longitude
2014 is the year Royal Museums Greenwich celebrates an important scientific breakthrough with its major new exhibition, Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude.
09 Jul 2014
The antibiotics challenge: why it matters
Horizon's Liz Bonnin reacts to the selection of the antibiotics challenge and explores the imminent threat that antimicrobial resistance poses.
Challenge prizes, like Longitude, are a long-established method for encouraging rapid innovation, but sometimes even the best ideas need time to grow.
26 Jun 2014
And the winner is… Antibiotics
Over the last month, there has been much debate about the merits of the six Longitude Prize challenges, and now the public has spoken, choosing Antibiotics as the challenge they most want solved.
20 Jun 2014
Vote #Water
The public vote to decide the challenge for the Longitude Prize 2014 is now open and I am championing the cause of water - a necessity for life which is heading for a global crisis of supply.
18 Jun 2014
Vote #Flight
Our planet is our life support system. We live inside a stunning and complex engine consisting of the atmosphere, the oceans, rocks, life and the ice. As these components move, change, and interact, they provide the conditions and resources necessary for life to thrive and for our civilization to grow.
14 Jun 2014
Vote #Antibiotics
Voting for the Longitude Prize 2014 is an opportunity for all of us to be involved in helping to solve some of the world’s most pressing scientific challenges.
13 Jun 2014
Vote #Paralysis challenge for Longitude Prize
As an emergency medicine doctor and former British Army captain, I have witnessed the shock of sudden paralysis first hand. And it is not a condition confined to the battlefield – over 40,000 people in the UK suffer from paralysis, and someone is paralysed every eight hours.
11 Jun 2014
Vote #Food
We all know that what we eat profoundly affects our health. It’s not just about the calories, but the form those calories are ingested (the ratios of protein, fat, carbohydrate) and what goes with them, the micronutrients like vitamins and essential minerals.
09 Jun 2014
Vote #Dementia
The vote for Longitude Prize 2014 is now open, and I want you to back my campaign to help dementia secure the £10 million prize fund.