Insights

Stretching the truth

August 18, 2014
Nothing is new in the world of TV science says Russ Swan _– but with the advent of ‘docufiction’ has the time come where the truth is being stretched to...

The spicy science of chillies

August 15, 2014
Fiona Russell, Postdoctoral Research Associate in chronic pain at King's College London tells us why react the way we do when munching on chillies Burning mouth, red face, sweating –...

Number Cruncher 17

August 14, 2014
As animal experiments in the UK rose to over 4m in 2013, we take a look at some of the facts and figures

Exploring the smallest of things with Peter Forbes

August 11, 2014
This month we chat to Peter Forbes, co-author of NanoScience: Giants of the Infinitesimal Tell us a bit about NanoScience: Giants of the Infinitesimal. The book began with my co-author...

Data data everywhere…

August 4, 2014
Let our shiny new columnist Dr Matthew Partridge take you by the hand and lead you through the niggles of life in the lab After almost a decade in science,...

A hot button issue

August 1, 2014
It is, and I think will remain so for some time to come, the hottest of hot button issues. A subject which has polarised the general public, policy makers and...

Evidence everything!

July 15, 2014
Matthew Partridge explains why following the advice of your peers isn’t always best practice – especially when it comes to experimental set-up Scientists are not infallible. In Research, we always...

Number Cruncher 16

July 14, 2014
The delicious world of flavour analysis is explored - so stick out your tongue and taste some stats

Its time to fight back

July 14, 2014
The colourful world of mesothermic dinosaurs inspires Russ to send out a rallying call to us all…fight back against ill-conceived management pigeonholing of results Who doesn’t like dinosaurs? I'm pretty...

Do you suffer BICYCLE FACE?

July 8, 2014
Don’t look like that…it’s a serious question. Because while it might sound like the best playground insult you have never heard of, it is a genuine medical condition. Well, that...

Weighing dinosaurs with Dr Roger Benson

July 7, 2014
Roger Benson and his colleagues have been ‘weighing’ dinosaurs all in the name of science. We find out more… Your recent research has seen you 'weighing' dinosaurs – that sounds...

Synthetic biology; learning the language of nature

July 4, 2014
It was, I suppose, inevitable that we would reach this point. The fate of Synthetic Biology to crystallise into a fully-fledged discipline was sealed when Watson and Crick famously arranged...

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