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Human microbiome
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 May 2019
There is so much to be discovered about the human microbiome, but what we do know is pretty amazing…

The remorseful scientist
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 May 2019
In a moment of heartfelt sincerity, Dr Matthew Partridge has a very important message for all scien…

Variety is the spice of life
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 May 2019
This week, I have been reflecting on the strength and breadth of CaSE member organisations across t…

We are feelin’ blue
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 May 2019
Just what is it about the colour blue and science?

Better tattoo be safe
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Apr 2019
As hipster cool reaches ‘peak-ink’ the scientific literature is awash with studies on the safety of…

Moral morsels
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Apr 2019
It is a troubling business. The simple act of lifting a morsel to your mouth is now fraught with di…

Welcome steps and missed opportunities
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Apr 2019
Set against the backdrop of ongoing political uncertainty, the Chancellor’s Spring Statement saw we…

The banality of nomenclature continues
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Apr 2019
Is there anything, we must ask, more exciting than the science of the unimaginably large and the ne…

Put that snack down you fools!
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Apr 2019
For all those that partake in the occasional lab-based munch, Dr Matthew Partridge has some gentle …

Quantum computer
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Apr 2019
A universal quantum computer will solve computational problems too vast to solve on a classical com…

Particle accelerator
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Mar 2019
A new particle accelerator could bring unforeseen scientific discoveries that support emerging tech…

‘Big' doesn't quite cover it
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Mar 2019
We are, I hardly need point out, living in a golden age of big data. It is completely changing the …

How science can inspire policy
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Mar 2019
The development of the Periodic Table is perhaps one of the finest feats of human ingenuity. In thi…

Oi you… leave that experiment alone!
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Mar 2019
Don’t go and get all grabby if your experiment is not working says Matthew Partridge… just wait it …

Spending a penny to battle pandemics
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Mar 2019
As the seat-belt light stubbornly refuses to go out, and the three G&Ts sunk even before the pilot …

Brexitium and the new science guidelines
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Mar 2019
With tongue rammed firmly in cheek Russ Swan casts the wryest of eyes over the omni-shambles of Bre…

Immigration post-Brexit: A scientific viewpoint
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Feb 2019
We have used many column inches in Lab News to talk about immigration, but rather than focusing on …

A word on Watson…
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Feb 2019
That a scientist who uncovered the very structure of the code of life should be called out on racis…

Picking your way through deadlines
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Feb 2019
When is a deadline really a deadline? It is a tricky skill to learn, but learn it you must… otherwi…

Crop crisis
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Feb 2019
Regardless of where you stand on the ethics of GM food, one thing is undeniable – a recent decision…