Insights

An author, philosopher and mathematician walk into a bar…

February 5, 2019
Of all the unusual research we have covered over the years here on Science Lite – even we baulked at pitching this to the Editor. But pitch we did, and...

Shooting down HIV hope

February 4, 2019
When Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, all passengers and crew were killed – among them Dr Joep Lange who had dedicated his life to...

Here’s to a scientific icon

February 4, 2019
The United Nations has designated 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table to celebrate one of the most significant achievements in science.In March, it will be 150 years since the...

Show us the money

January 18, 2019
In what is a turbulent political time, CaSE has been working to support the cross-party desire to increase spending on research and development.The Government’s Industrial Strategy, published in late 2017,...

The human effect on biodiversity

January 9, 2019
The relationship between human activity and animal evolution is complex, but one thing we do know is that we have been bad for biodiversity...

Tough questions on ageing

January 8, 2019
There comes a time – and this must happen to everyone – when you suddenly notice you are old…or, at least, no longer young. And so it should be –...

Chachani mountain

January 8, 2019
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission snapped this image of the Chachani mountain in Peru. Standing at over 6000m, Chachani is the tallest of the mountains near the Peruvian city of Arequipa.

Addressing the helium shortage

January 8, 2019
The helium shortage, party balloons and a revolutionary energy source – all the perfect ingredients for New Year knees-up say Russ Swan… We're in the full swing of party season...

Seasonal kissing and unfortunate penguins

January 7, 2019
So that’s it then. That was the season to be jolly, and now the thick grey coat of January threatens to envelop our mood.  But, if you’ll excuse our stubbornness,...

New Year tips for last minute presentations

January 7, 2019
Forget that resolution to start completing tasks well in advance – just get really good at doing them last minute says Dr Matthew Partridge as he gives us his New...

Perfecting the inside job

January 6, 2019
An industrial fellowship helped Jonathan Vince explore how to avoid the grim side-effects of traditional cancer treatment using microspheres and internal radiation   Cancer. It’s the one of the few words which...

Taking the wider view

January 3, 2019
The ‘quality’ of a research paper is a tricky thing to quantify – journal impact factors and citations have gone some way to do this, but they don’t take into...

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