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The surprising creativity of digital evolution

October 5, 2015
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A creative machine may seem like somewhat of a paradox. We tend to think machines do strictly what they have been programmed to do. It turns out that machines can...
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Interviews
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Sea sapphire

October 1, 2015
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To understand how sea sapphires – part of the copepod family – change from transparent colours to iridescent shades of blue, purple or green, a research team at Weizmann Institute...
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Focal Point
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Message in a bottle used for science

October 1, 2015
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Back in August, the Marine Biological Association of the UK announced a rather surprising world record. A message in a bottle they had released some 108 years earlier into the...
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Comment And Analysis
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Comet Lovejoy

September 30, 2015
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Comet Lovejoy sails through the solar system in a green haze leaving cometary dust in its wake.
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Focal Point, Physics
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NASA confirms that liquid water flows on today’s Mars

September 28, 2015
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New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Focal Point, Physics
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The answer is in the toilet

September 28, 2015
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As the seat-belt light stubbornly refuses to go out, and the three G&Ts sunk even before the pilot levelled out begin to nip at the bladder, a visit to the...
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Comment And Analysis
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What is the future for the analytical laboratory? Time to extrapolate

September 21, 2015
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Are we to trust the extrapolators of the world? And if so, what does this mean for the analytical laboratory of the future? Russ Swan has some answers…or rather, some...
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Comment And Analysis
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Mind on matter – Mark Miodownik speaks up for Materials Science

September 14, 2015
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Professor Mark Miodownik, Materials Scientist, Engineer and Broadcaster tells us about his current work and why we should love our material world You’ve recently published a paper on material stimuli...
Chemistry, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemistry, Interviews, Materials, Materials Science, Physics
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Bullet Through Lemon, 1955.

September 11, 2015
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This image, taken in 1955, is part of the exhibition Revelations: Experiments in Photography at Media Space, London, open until 13 September 2015 and the National Media Museum, Bradford from...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Focal Point, Physics
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The oldest cheloniellid arthropod

September 10, 2015
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The image displays the oldest representative of the cheloniellid arthropods.
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Focal Point
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Here we look at some stats on aurorae

September 9, 2015
Insight
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Comment And Analysis
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How to write a paper (part 2)

September 7, 2015
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Panic, co-authors and funny cats – you can put it off no longer, time to knuckle down in part 2 of Dr Matthew Partridge’s…
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Comment And Analysis
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