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Take a saunter on the conference cat-walk
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jul 2016
Top hat and tails or Metallica t-shirt? When it comes to the scientific conference, the biggest cha…
Reading the small print...
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jul 2016
When it comes to science coverage, a glance beyond the headlines is always needed warns Russ Swan.
The hunt for exoplanets
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jul 2016
The first exoplanet was discovered in 1992. Since then we have discovered hundreds but there are ma…
Two tales of two ships
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jul 2016
Typical. You wait years for a story about a polar research ship, then two come along at once.
Time to leave, but also to get on with the job
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jun 2016
My initial reaction, perhaps like many, is that I’m relieved that the referendum campaign is now ov…
Get out your tickling sticks
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jun 2016
Laughter, they say, is the best medicine. ‘They’ are obviously idiots. It quite clearly isn’t.
Stand by your beds!
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jun 2016
Get out the duster, put down your work and get your excuses ready – the VIPs are in…and they
are …
Science funding shakeup needs your attention
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jun 2016
With devolved elections on 5th May and the EU referendum looming large, last month saw the announce…
Science PR: hindrance or help?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jun 2016
The murky goings on in the world of scientific PR should give us cause for concern says Russ Swan a…
Unexpected side effects of drugs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jun 2016
Although drugs are usually intended to treat one ailment or disease, they can often be repurposed. …
The oft-forgotten workforce...
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jun 2016
Not to come over all Life of Brian, but what have the technicians ever done for us?
The EU debate – where does science stand?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 May 2016
April has seen a number of debates up and down the country in universities, research campuses and e…
How to avoid interstellar doom!
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 May 2016
The alien apocalypse is nearly upon us. Or at least it could be. That is to say, we have no evidenc…
Shout from the rooftops, or mumble under your breath?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 May 2016
Communicating your research is important – but how to strike the right tone? Dr Matthew Partridge t…
Climatology
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 May 2016
Facts and figures on the future prediction of climates around the world.
Dumbing it down for the masses
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 May 2016
We are in something of a boom period for popularising science, especially on TV. But, says Russ Sw…
The parable of Boaty McBoatface....
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Apr 2016
I am not a humourless dullard. Really, I’m not.
My, what a busy cortex…
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Apr 2016
Next Tuesday is the day. Most certainly. Oh yes, there is no turning back now. Next Tuesday it will…
New Budget....so what's different?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Apr 2016
March 2016 saw the Chancellor George Osborne announce his eighth budget from the Dispatch Box, and …
