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Contemplating the benefits of a year in Space

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jan 2013

Was the year gone by everything you hoped it would be, or would you rather have spent the entirety …

A new energy production paradigm

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jan 2013

The gulf between science and policy has never seemed greater than at the recent UN climate summit.!…

Human enhancement: will the benefits outweigh the costs?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Dec 2012

Colossal advances in human enhancement technologies could allow us to overcome the current limits o…

A little Application…

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Dec 2012

Never has the term ‘generation gap’ been quite so relevant to me as when my 3-year-old recently tri…

On a mission statement mission

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Dec 2012

Marketing strategy seems increasingly important, yet Russ Swan finds himself frustrated with contri…

Science Lite: Jurassic fantasies will never be a reality

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Nov 2012

Fans of this page may remember that two issues ago, the ScienceLite desk got into trouble for feign…

Jurassic fantasies will never be a reality

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Nov 2012

Fans of this page may remember that two issues ago, the ScienceLite desk got into trouble for feign…

Where are the women?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Nov 2012

You don’t need me to tell you that science deals in the currency of evidence. This evidence builds …

The opposite of precision

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Nov 2012

Russ Swan explores the much-hyped concept of personalised medicine but realises it is a long way fr…

Laughing as we learn

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Oct 2012

The internet.  Internal combustion.  Crisps. Just three things that we on the Science Lite desk are…

Science in the dock

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Oct 2012

Should you serve a prison sentence for being wrong about something? Monday 22 October marked a worr…

Is that a laboratory in your pocket…?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2012

Tweeting pictures of your lunch? Is that the best you can do with your smartphone? Russ Swan argues…

The hubris of humanity

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Oct 2012

The hubris of humanity is something that, in our current role as apex predators, can almost be forg…

A seed is sown, a lesson is learnt

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Sep 2012

Life is all about learning lessons. And here on the Science Lite desk we have just learnt a very va…

Cosmetics con?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Sep 2012

Anti-wrinkle creams are a con – full of ingredients claiming to make your skin look and feel younge…

The quest for truth

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Sep 2012

Received wisdom can be a limiting factor – even in science, but beware - warns Russ Swan - the trut…

Where’s the wonder?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Sep 2012

I think it is getting harder for science to impress. Whilst the LHC and now Curiosity undoubtedly g…

Curiosity reaches Mars

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Aug 2012

Mars – what is there left to learn about the big Red Planet? It’s red, it’s cold and it’s dry – tha…

Science goes to the movies

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Aug 2012

While reminiscing about his childhood version of Spider-Man, Russ Swan asks what type of spider wou…

The colour of science

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Aug 2012

Last month, Lab News columnist and general science raconteur, Russ Swan wrote about the staggering …