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These meme streets

January 15, 2012
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In this month's column, Russ Swan takes on the dubious world of pseudo-scientific advertising and in the process makes himself a little dizzyMy laptop is powered by Intel, and my...
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Glassblowing with Paul Le Pinnet

January 5, 2012
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Award-winning glassblower Paul Le Pinnet, renowned for skilfully moulding molten glass into intricate shapes for cutting-edge lab experiments, has been honoured for his work. Scientific glassblowing is highly specialised and...
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Biobank excitement

January 1, 2012
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At the tail end of last year – a time that tends to be fairly quiet in terms of news worthy events in the science community _– several momentous announcements...
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Is there any point in IQ tests?

December 19, 2011
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Just what is the point of an IQ test – should we bother with them and are they accurate? IQ or Intelligence Quotient is the standard measure of intelligence, and...
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A wrong turn in Vienna

December 15, 2011
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In his new column, Russ Swan cuts a swathe through pomp to find out what's what in science and R&D. To kick off, our intrepid babble discovers a conference can...
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Brainy Rudolph

December 12, 2011
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Tis the season to be jolly – for many a time to wind down from the year’s pressures, a time to relax as a new year waits in the wings....
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The mysteries of the Moon

December 1, 2011
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The moon, it seems to me, has been somewhat hidden in plain sight over the past 40 years. Since the Apollo missions ended, the space community have had their sights...
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Professor Bruce Hood would like to introduce you to – your brain

December 1, 2011
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Professor Bruce Hood has the honour of delivering this year’s Royal Institution lectures, and he has something he’d like to introduce you to – your brain Filmed in front of...
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Award winning lecturer Chick C Wilson

November 23, 2011
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This month we catch up with a chemist from Bath who’s been lecturing on misbehaving moleculesChick Wilson - from the University of Bath – has recently been awarded  the 2011...
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Green-eyed monster

November 16, 2011
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A tinge of professional jealousy is something that most have experienced at some stage, but in the field that the Science lite desk finds itself engaged – i.e. light hearted...
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Nobel assembly bend the rules

November 15, 2011
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Nobel Prizes are traditionally not awarded posthumously, so what happens when one of the laureates dies just before the prize announcements?In early October, Göran Hansson, secretary general of the Nobel...
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Congratulations UK Science!

November 1, 2011
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Here in the UK we have always enjoyed a fine reputation for our science – “and rightly so” pipes up my supercilious inner scientist – yet many a reputation is...
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