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[Last night marked the ]{style=“font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;”} Access to Understanding [2014 science-writing competition award ceremony.]{style=“font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;”} [ ]{style=“font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;”} [At its heart, the competition is a celebration.

[We are pleased to announce the launch of our first ever People’s Choice Award for the Access to Understanding science-writing competition!

[The Access to Understanding science-writing competition 2014 attracted over 260 entrants. As an international competition we were thrilled to receive entries from 14 different countries.

[Our External Links Service means that we]{style=“font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;”}[ link out to free resources that enrich our articles.]{style=“font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;”} [ ]{style=“font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;”} [We started with links out to data (at Dryad), to full text articles not otherwise available from Europe

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