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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…

Number Cruncher 3
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jun 2013
Exoplanets are planets the reside outside of our solar system

Paying homage to inspiration
Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 May 2013
The great thing about scientists – well, one of the many great things about scientists – is that, a…

Nothing more than this year's best guess
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 May 2013
Don’t panic, but everything you think you know could be wrong. Sit down and let Russ Swan hold you…

Giving a soapbox to pseudoscience
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 May 2013
The largest measles outbreak for a decade is posing a serious danger to many, so why is the media …

Not abiding by the constraints of species
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 May 2013
On the cover this month you’ll find staring back at you a killer of truly grotesque stature. Respon…

Number Cruncher 2
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 May 2013
Zoonisis is the transfer of infectious disease between species

A sweet mission
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Apr 2013
Rarely would we be so bold as to start this column with a quote from one of the most harrowing poem…

Every silver lining has a cloud
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Apr 2013
We have entered the golden age of scientific imaging, thinks Russ Swan, but it’s possible to have t…

Arguing about Antarctica
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Apr 2013
Hype about unclassified life found in sub-glacial Lake Vostok has led to an almighty squabble betw…

Scott R. White - The man who can heal materials
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Apr 2013
For many the work of Scott R. White seems like magic – he can make material heal itself when cracke…