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Riddle me this…
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Sep 2013
As you have no doubt seen – we are giving away the rather marvellous Art of Science game. Chock ful…
Humans are dominant cause of climate change
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Sep 2013
As the IPCC delivered their fifth assessment report on climate change they were very keen to stress…
A case of mistaken identity
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Sep 2013
An adorable creature was assumed to be something else for more than 100 years, but what is the sign…
Predicting the future is a risky business
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Sep 2013
No fusion power, no fuel cells…not even reliable light bulbs – have we really got the 21st century …
Marvellous microbes
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Sep 2013
Readers of our print edition will have recieved the second of the LN Companion Series of supplemen…
Talking endogenous retroviruses with Dr Ravinder Kanda
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Sep 2013
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) constitute a substantial fraction of vertebrate genomes, but how did…
Ensuring the right balance of scientific freedom and security
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Sep 2013
History has shown that teasing truth from propaganda during times of war is a tricky business indee…
Number Cruncher 6
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Sep 2013
A circadian rhythm is a roughly 24 hour cycle in the physiological processes of living beings. Circ…
Levitation’s what you need
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Aug 2013
Welcome! A veritable feast for you this month – indeed you join us just as our cups are in danger o…
“Is it a boy or a girl?”
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Aug 2013
Choosing the sex of babies born via IVF is a realistic, but illegal, possibility. However, a leadin…
Pop culture and the power of scientific deduction
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Aug 2013
Comprehensive tests lead Russ Swan to discover an astounding application of scientific language – t…
Some incredibly clever manipulation of light
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Aug 2013
Light – such a peculiar and, at times, elusive beast. Both a wave and a particle – it has befuddled…
Number Cruncher 5
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Aug 2013
The information we can glean from light has revolutionised many scientific fields. Here are some li…
A green invasion
Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Jul 2013
We come to you this month with some alarming news. If you have read Russ Swan’s babble on p17 you w…
A worthwhile doomsday
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jul 2013
Never quite found a doomsday scenario to suit your scientific tastes? Look no further than robotic …
An awkward solution for an awkward problem
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jul 2013
MIT researchers have developed software to analyse and help improve people’s social skills, but cou…
Number Cruncher 4
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jul 2013
Water research has been beset with controversy - but here are some things that we do know...
Literary explorations of laboratory life
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jun 2013
Talk about art imitating life – see how the rise of ‘Lab Lit’ has got Russ Swan in a literary lathe…
What’s in a name?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jun 2013
Not content with Academy Awards? Now you only really know you’ve ‘made it’ when a new species bears…
The age of organic supercomputing
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jun 2013
“Big data” has well and truly entered into the lexicon of science. Large data sets are vital – defi…
