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Two tribes go to pour

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jun 2014

Strange, is it not? The places which can inflame the imagination. The things which can spark though…

Europe divided on GM

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Jun 2014

Genetically modified crops are cause for debate in Europe; but in the UK field trials push ahead!--…

Number Cruncher 15

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jun 2014

The stats of tech transfer and spin out companies

NC June 2014

Serendipitous discoveries - a scientific legend

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jun 2014

In need of a major scientific breakthrough? Then Russ Swan has an important tip…embrace your inner …

Journey to The Island of Stability

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jun 2014

The idea of an undiscovered island seems almost impossibly romantic. In an age where satellites pro…

Love is in the air

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 May 2014

Spring, as they say, has most definitely sprung. As the daffodils sway gently in the breeze and lam…

Embrace the stereotype

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 May 2014

Untameable hair and spectacles or skinny jeans and superhero t-shirts – should we worry about the p…

How do we combat the anti-vaxxers?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 May 2014

A spike in the number of measles cases in America has been blamed on the anti-vaccination movement,…

Number Cruncher 14

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 May 2014

Scientific publishing is changing - here we look at some facts and figures

NC May 2014

Asteroid impact a greater threat than we thought

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 May 2014

On the 6th of August 1945 the World’s eyes were violently opened to the reality of nuclear war. As …

Health & Safety gone MAD

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 May 2014

In the first LN Companion Series of 2014, we take a look at some of the Health & Safety issues faci…

Time at the bar please…

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Apr 2014

A little question for you to kick off this month’s Science Lite. What is your favourite bit of lab …

Dubious scientific formulae

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Apr 2014

Russ Swan grows weary of the insatiable appetite of the gullible media for pseudoscience wrapped up…

Number Cruncher 13

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Apr 2014

This month we look at how soap bubbles can be used to predicts circling winds in tropical cyclones;…

Science is boring? Far from it

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Apr 2014

Is science boring? Last month, I became involved in a discussion on Twitter as to whether that stat…

Defining a nation

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Apr 2014

How to define a nation? Its military clout? Its territories and geopolitical machinations? Its econ…

Are we living up to 2014?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Mar 2014

2014 – it’s well and truly underway. It is the here and now – the present. But don’t you think it s…

Number Cruncher 12

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Mar 2014

Algal biofuels - hailed by some as a genuine alternative to fossil fuels, and by others as a red he…

A very social affair

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Mar 2014

As a decade passes since the world became aware of Facebook, and Twitter continues its onslaught on…

Tackling antimicrobial resistance

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Mar 2014

It’s 1945, and Alexander Fleming is giving his Nobel Lecture. He tells the story of the accidental …