Insights

A green invasion

July 31, 2013
We come to you this month with some alarming news. If you have read Russ Swan’s babble on p17 you will know there is no shortage of end-of-the-world scenarios for...

A worthwhile doomsday

July 17, 2013
Never quite found a doomsday scenario to suit your scientific tastes? Look no further than robotic researchers taking over the world says Russ Swan... As the veteran of several ends...

An awkward solution for an awkward problem

July 14, 2013
MIT researchers have developed software to analyse and help improve people’s social skills, but could it merely aggravate the problem?If, like me, the thought of having to make small talk...

Talking turbulence and climate change with Dr Paul Williams

July 11, 2013
New research indicates transatlantic airline passengers may soon be in for a bumpier ride according to research into the effects of climate change and turbulence.  But why might this be...

Number Cruncher 4

July 1, 2013
Water research has been beset with controversy - but here are some things that we do know...

Literary explorations of laboratory life

June 20, 2013
Talk about art imitating life – see how the rise of ‘Lab Lit’ has got Russ Swan in a literary lather… Darius stared at the cloudy fluid nestling in the...

What’s in a name?

June 14, 2013
Not content with Academy Awards? Now you only really know you’ve ‘made it’ when a new species bears your name…But what would Carl Linnaeus think? “A celebrity these days means...

Chris Lintott talks astronomy and citizen science

June 8, 2013
Fast becoming the face of astronomy after his success on The Sky at Night – Chris Lintott also pioneered the concept of citizen science in the field with Galaxy Zoo,...

The age of organic supercomputing

June 1, 2013
“Big data” has well and truly entered into the lexicon of science. Large data sets are vital – defining even – for many disciplines in which it is often the...

Number Cruncher 3

June 1, 2013
Exoplanets are planets the reside outside of our solar system

Paying homage to inspiration

May 31, 2013
The great thing about scientists – well, one of the many great things about scientists – is that, at heart, they are big kids. Not, you understand, that they run...

Talking cancer-beating proton beams with Professor Carsten Welsch

May 26, 2013
There is more to accelerator physics than just smashing sub atomic particles against each other and putting together the puzzle of the universe. Here, Professor Carsten Welsch, Associate Director of...

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