Insights

Inside the head of a manipulator

May 9, 2017
Parasitism is well known, but what happens when the parasite becomes the parasitised? Dr Kelly Weinersmith explains her work with Dr Scott Egan on the oddity of hypermanipulation

Public Speaking with a Pint of Science

May 8, 2017
As an example of scientific outreach, Pint of Science has all the ingredients for success. But, says Russ Swan, however well versed you are in your science – the art...

Making the case for evidence

May 5, 2017
In the UK’s snap election campaign, will voters be fed up of experts? Or will the claims and counterclaims of the EU referendum and previous polls make the general public...

How hard is it to create antimatter?

May 3, 2017
Antimatter is crucial to understanding how the universe works - but how hard is it to create it?

A spring in your step

May 3, 2017
Spring, as they say, has most definitely sprung. As the daffodils sway gently in the breeze and lambs skip youthfully in the lush fields, Nature turns her mind to all...

Human brain

May 2, 2017
This spectacular image of the human brain has been made with a combination of hand drawing, neuroscientific data, algorithmic simulation of neural circuitry, photolithography, strategic lighting design, and gilding.

The endless complexity of nature

May 1, 2017
Nature really can be a swirling, contradictory mess; her simplicity so often a facade propped up by savage complexity.

Hawaiian bobtail squid

April 24, 2017
This image shows a baby Hawaiian bobtail squid, measuring just 1.5 cm across.

Time to end the data massage

April 17, 2017
Matthew Partridge has a gentle reminder for us all: experiments don’t lie; researchers lie when they don’t like the experiment and ‘correct’ the data…

The problem with PCR…

April 13, 2017
Nothing less than a total reimagining of how we perform PCR was the starting point for inventor Gert de Vos. Here he talks inventions, investors and keeping quiet about your...

Young STEM meets MPs

April 7, 2017
Naomi Clarke writes about the sixth annual Voice of the Future event where young STEM representatives quizzed political figures about science policy.

Out in the cold

April 5, 2017
Surprising perhaps; this time last year the nation was so confident Britannia ruled the polar waves we grew drunk on ‘Boaty McBoatface’ smugness.

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