Insights

An interplanetary diamond-rush

November 22, 2013
Roll-up, roll-up! For we have an offer you can’t possibly refuse. A business venture, to end all business ventures. And, you lucky people, all we need is your money and...

The science of speed

November 18, 2013
The science of speed is fraught with frustration for Russ Swan, but a chance meeting leads to a rather thrilling change of heart  As a self-confessed geek, out and proud,...

Is private investment robbing science of important finds?

November 15, 2013
An incredibly well-preserved fossil of two duelling dinosaurs is set to go under the hammer this month, fetching as much as $10m – but at what cost to science?A tyrannosaur...

Life Fantastic with Dr Alison Woollard

November 8, 2013
Dr Alison Woollard from the University of Oxford plans to excite the nation’s inner-scientist with her fantastic tales of developmental biology as she delivers this year’s RI Christmas Lectures.Are you...

Fracking furore

November 1, 2013
A few weeks ago, after several months of dedicated encampment, anti-fracking protesters dismantled their camp in West Sussex after energy firm Cuadrilla finished test drilling for oil.Now – regardless of...

Number Cruncher 8

November 1, 2013
Volcanoes can be a cruel and destructive force as the statistics behind these natural phenomenon testify

Laughing and thinking

October 25, 2013
Party hats were donned, plastic beakers full of wine were quaffed and hearty cheers were bellowed. It was most definitely party time here on the Science Lite desk a few...

Voyager’s unlikely stowaway

October 18, 2013
Clean room etiquette, Voyager 1 and an unlikely stowaway _– how a human fingerprint ended up leaving the solar systemWe're all familiar with the concept of the clean room, and...

Do we need to rethink our relationship with bacteria?

October 16, 2013
Is our need for clean making our children – and us – sick?In our increasingly sanitary world, we wipe away thousands of bacteria and viruses – some harmful, some completely...

Discussing UK Science with Andrea Sella

October 11, 2013
Chemist, TV and radio science personality and king of the chemistry demo - Andrea Sella talks to us about the state of science in the UK. Andrea will be talking...

Epigenetics reaches fever pitch

October 1, 2013
The excitement around epigenetics has mounted almost to fever pitch levels in the last five years.In the build-up to the ENCODE study findings last year, claims and counter claims began...

Number Cruncher 7

October 1, 2013
NASA have reported that Voyager 1 left the heliosphere - a 'bubble' of plasma that streams outward from our Sun - on 25th August 2012, entering interstellar space. It is...

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