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Pound of flesh
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 May 2018
In light of the recent report from Goldman Sachs suggesting medical success is bad business, Russ S…

Tick-tock, tick-tock
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 May 2018
How long, do you think, we will be doing science? It is now impossible to ignore the fact that the …

At the risk of being an idiot
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Apr 2018
Time for the Science lite desk to admit, as much as it might pain us, that we are idiots.
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Are scientists part of the plastic problem?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Apr 2018
Single-use consumables are rapidly becoming the norm in many laboratories – so how are we to addre…

An immigration system that supports science
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Apr 2018
In recent months, UK employers have encountered issues with recruiting staff from outside of the EU…

Cliche and chemical weapons
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Apr 2018
As the sorry tale of a former Russian double agent and his daughter escalates, once again chemistry…

The sense of touch is incredibly important
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Apr 2018
Incredible work on the neurobiology of touch means we are on the road to rewiring the sense in para…

On the age-old question of polishing a turd...
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Mar 2018
You can’t, the saying goes, polish a turd. Possibly not – but you can increase the market value of …

Has the 21st century really lived up to the hype?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Mar 2018
After all the technological promises, has the 21st century really lived up to the hype? Russ Swan i…

Sunny solar stats
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Mar 2018
Work on ‘hot electrons’ could make for incredibly efficient solar panel technology (p32) – here are…

A verdant witness
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Mar 2018
How often, I wonder, does political tribalism meet geology? Not very, I'd imagine.
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A corvidian call to arms
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Feb 2018
There is little point in crafting a natty introduction to this piece. We have, surely, already lost…

Immigration policy must reflect needs of science
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Feb 2018
Of all the uncertainties of Brexit, the ability of companies and universities to continue to attrac…

Over REACHing chemical tests?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Feb 2018
Unintended consequences of REACH legislation over the use of chemicals could mean a waste of time, …

Influenza
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Feb 2018
As this season's influenza outbreak proves to be the worst since 2009 we look at some sickness-stat…

Tump and the Moon
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Feb 2018
A rare lunar event, and Trump's State of the Union address – could there be a connection?
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Two tribes go to pour
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jan 2018
Strange, is it not? The things which can inflame the imagination. For Newton, a falling apple was a…

The multi-tentacled admin beast
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Jan 2018
When it comes to starting in a new lab, there is one thing that needs to be considered above all ot…

Do we over promise when we popularise science?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Jan 2018
Despite social media and blockbuster TV shows ramping up scientific curiosity in the masses, we sti…

Money, money, money...but what about curiosity?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jan 2018
The Life Science Sector Deal is good news for UK science... but does money really make the world go…