Insights

Kind of blue…

March 31, 2013
We come to you this month from on high, floating in a miasmic cloud of our own delight. Something rare has happened. Something very rare indeed.Three little words. That’s all...

An acquired taste…

March 14, 2013
Is musical preference a representation of self-expression or a function of education and exposure?Self-confessed music snobs may find the latest findings from the University of Melbourne a little disappointing.Researchers there...

Shouting out about bad science in the media

March 12, 2013
Shouting at the TV – madness or necessity? Russ Swan loves a good shout whenever he spots a scientific inaccuracy, and he thinks you should join him…You don't need me...

Professor Andrew Harrison: Bringing neutrons to the masses

March 7, 2013
Neutrons can be used to answer questions in most scientific disciplines says Professor Andrew Harrison, Director of the Institut Laue-Langevin. Here he tells us all about this amazing resource What is...

The infiltration of rogue information

March 1, 2013
For me, the past month can be summed up in one word; infiltration. Horse meat has infiltrated our food chain and, more worryingly for me, rogue ‘facts’ seem to have...

Can you speak pharmacish?

February 12, 2013
Modern medicine – one of humanities greatest on-going endeavours and saviour of countless lives. But have you ever actually read a medicine bottle? Russ Swan gives us a lesson in...

How experiments really happen

February 10, 2013
Scientists take to Twitter to reveal the hilarious truth behind their not so scientific methods...Select a respected journal, open it at any article and marvel at the evidence of careful...

Connecting serial killers and disease with Mark Stevenson

February 5, 2013
A technique designed to help criminologists catch serial killers is being used by scientists to locate sources of disease, control pests and study animal behaviour. But what, exactly is the...

Is space trade the first step to colonisation?

February 1, 2013
The era of humanity’s presence in space is entering a new dawn. Until now we have looked to the heavens with wonder in our eyes – now it seems as...

Richard Robinson on directing the Brighton Science Festival

January 30, 2013
Richard Robinson, director of the Brighton Science Festival gives us an insight into setting it up... Why start a science festival in the first place?Of all the things to celebrate,...

A scientific New Year’s resolution

January 17, 2013
The modern paradigm of ‘Big Data’ is all well and good – but does harvesting it leave room for inspiration? Russ Swan would like us all just to slow down...

Contemplating the benefits of a year in Space

January 14, 2013
Was the year gone by everything you hoped it would be, or would you rather have spent the entirety of 2012 in space? Two astronauts will soon get to experience...

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