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From anecdote to evidence: the flying ant survey

October 12, 2013
Feature
Citizen science has rapidly increased in popularity, but for decades volunteers have contributed to ecology through species recording schemes. Today, projects vary from counting butterflies in your garden to cataloguing...
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In Depth
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Discussing UK Science with Andrea Sella

October 11, 2013
Insight
Chemist, TV and radio science personality and king of the chemistry demo - Andrea Sella talks to us about the state of science in the UK. Andrea will be talking...
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Interviews, Policy
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Barley genotyping: a path to the sustainable production of food and drink

October 10, 2013
Feature
Barley is the world’s fourth most important cereal crop _– now geneticists think that with the elucidation of its genetic code and a powerful new genotyping assay we are closer...
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Adhering to label legislation

October 9, 2013
Feature
Working with potentially hazardous substances is an ever-present risk in a lab and a threat safeguarded against with specialist equipment, protective clothing and vigilant storage of chemicals in a properly...
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In Depth
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An epigenetic panic?

October 8, 2013
Feature
 Epigenetics is a hot topic. DNA now has six bases rather than four and there are modified versions of the proteins that wrap DNA into chromosomes. Should we be developing...
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In Depth
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Leading lights

October 2, 2013
Feature
The use of photonics is expanding rapidly with applications across the scientific spectrum. We speak to several experts and find out why photonics is one of the UK’s fastest growing...
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In Depth
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Epigenetics reaches fever pitch

October 1, 2013
Insight
The excitement around epigenetics has mounted almost to fever pitch levels in the last five years.In the build-up to the ENCODE study findings last year, claims and counter claims began...
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Comment And Analysis
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Number Cruncher 7

October 1, 2013
Insight
NASA have reported that Voyager 1 left the heliosphere - a 'bubble' of plasma that streams outward from our Sun - on 25th August 2012, entering interstellar space. It is...
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Comment And Analysis
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Riddle me this…

September 30, 2013
Insight
As you have no doubt seen – we are giving away the rather marvellous Art of Science game. Chock full of incredibly testing science questions, it is sure to keep...
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Comment And Analysis
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Humans are dominant cause of climate change

September 27, 2013
Insight
As the IPCC delivered their fifth assessment report on climate change they were very keen to stress that despite the vast amount of media coverage it will no doubt generate,...
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Comment And Analysis
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