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Here are some diamond stats

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 May 2015

A girl's best friend they may be - but now computer scientists want a bit of bling. The colour cent…

Musical mould makes miserabilists mirthful

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 May 2015

As the occupants of the Science Lite desk segue gently into middle-age, there aren’t many occasions…

Unleash your chemical Gollum

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 May 2015

My lab is currently undergoing a Health and Safety (H&S) upgrade

A crowdfunded device to'fix' colour-blindness?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 May 2015

A crowdfunded device to'fix' colour-blindness?

Are we living through the seventh mass extinction event?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 May 2015

Mass extinctions…they are a bit like buses. You wait an epoch for one, then two come along at once.…

The unbearable lightness of shrimp

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Apr 2015

It is, we sometimes find; sitting here eating doughnuts and drinking sweet tea, easy to forget the …

The crazy dinosaur denialist movement

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Apr 2015

The crazy dinosaur denialist movement

Here we look at some stats on the visual cortex

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Apr 2015

Visual illusions trick our brain into perceiving things that do not correspond to reality. Here we …

Stop bleeding on my floor!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Apr 2015

One of the parts of my job that I really enjoy is teaching the younger generation of scientists. Sh…

There's only one way to settle this

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Mar 2015

Debate. It is, in so many ways, the bedrock of science. Without dissemination and, more importantly…

The never ending dream of perpetual motion

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Mar 2015

When a moment’s idleness leads Russ Swan back to his childhood dream of perpetual motion he is surp…

Stats on mitochondria

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Mar 2015

Last month the house of Commons voted in favour of mitochondrial transfer, here we look at the stat…

Are you a science socialist?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Mar 2015

Social media and science is not for everyone. I am a prolific user of Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram an…

Are we making money from Ebola?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Mar 2015

Marketing buzz-words are, sadly, a staple of modern life. And it’s a staple that is often served up…

We are feline good

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Feb 2015

“Hits…we need more hits.” A cry oft heard from our Editor. Far from developing some kind of ‘Cowell…

Scientists - we are basically rock stars...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Feb 2015

In a clarion call to his fellow geeks – Russ Swan implores us to revel in the now; for we have neve…

Dear laboratory supply companies...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Feb 2015

Dear laboratory supply companies…

Statistically significant idiocy

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jan 2015

The New Year, a time to be candid – painfully so if necessary.

Here are some artificial intelligence stats

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jan 2015

American computer scientist and cognitive scientist John McCarthy coined the term ‘artificial intel…

Rise of the machines?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Jan 2015

Rise of the machines? Snuff and nonsense says Russ Swan – when it comes to sensors, there is an awf…