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Making the case for evidence
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 May 2017
In the UK’s snap election campaign, will voters be fed up of experts? Or will the claims and counte…
How hard is it to create antimatter?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 May 2017
Antimatter is crucial to understanding how the universe works - but how hard is it to create it?
A spring in your step
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 May 2017
Spring, as they say, has most definitely sprung. As the daffodils sway gently in the breeze and lam…
The endless complexity of nature
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 May 2017
Nature really can be a swirling, contradictory mess; her simplicity so often a facade propped up by…
Time to end the data massage
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Apr 2017
Matthew Partridge has a gentle reminder for us all: experiments don’t lie; researchers lie when the…
Young STEM meets MPs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Apr 2017
Naomi Clarke writes about the sixth annual Voice of the Future event where young STEM representativ…
Out in the cold
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Apr 2017
Surprising perhaps; this time last year the nation was so confident Britannia ruled the polar waves…
The science conundrum
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Apr 2017
Are we really cut out for this science lark? With our emotions, whims and fancies; it seems unfortu…
The science behind humour
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Apr 2017
From quantum physics to medical clowning – Russ Swan wonders why scientific attempts to understand …
The wonders of graphene
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Apr 2017
Touted as a wonder material since its creation - just what is going on with graphene?
Far-reaching consequences of Brexit for science can be tackled now
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Mar 2017
Today Article 50 will be delivered to the EU, but what does this mean for Science in the UK?
Is it time to automate absolutely everything?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Mar 2017
You can scapegoat all you like – but if something has gone wrong in the lab, it is YOUR fault. Why?…
When does an abbreviation stop being one?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Mar 2017
Scientific abbreviations are getting longer, and Russ Swan’s patience is getting shorter…so much so…
Amongst the obvious, the obscure does lurk
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Mar 2017
There are times when convention must be breached. Be it to introduce a new theory or experimental m…
A new science chief
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Mar 2017
After a long and winding appointments process, with a few dead-ends and about-turns, Professor Sir …
The science behind the silk
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Mar 2017
What has scientists so interested in silk?
Finding the elusive 'They'
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Mar 2017
I’d like to introduce you to an increasingly conspicuous crowd. Semi-mythical – to be found roaming…
What does the new year hold for science?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Feb 2017
The word of 2016 was ‘post-truth’ but as we start 2017 the Government are majoring on ‘productivity…
A little kindness can go a long way
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Feb 2017
Underfunded labs, equipment shortages and missing reagents – there’s a solution to all this says Dr…
Hello etymology my old friend...
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Feb 2017
Science is not immune to the ever shifting nature of language says Russ Swan. That being the case, …
