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Getting with the program

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Apr 2016

If you are realistic with what you can achieve, you need not be fearful of programming says Matthew…

Have we abused the p-value?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Apr 2016

When it comes to the ubiquity of statistics, Russ Swan implores us to watch our P's and Q's.

To anthropocene or not to anthropocene - that is the question.

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Apr 2016

Just when are we? Officially we are in the geological epoch known as the Holocene – unofficially ho…

Keeping the UK at the heart of global science & engineering

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Mar 2016

Ahead of the election, it was clear that immigration would be a hot topic this Parliament, and one …

Holding it all together - in 3D

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Mar 2016

Sage advice this month from Dr Partridge – whatever you are doing, stop and get yourself on the 3D …

Sports doping

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Mar 2016

Find out facts about the history of doping in sports.

Is piracy of journals wrong?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Mar 2016

Piracy and the modern world of academic publishing – Russ Swan gets into the moral maze of copyrigh…

Has science cracked the PR formula?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Mar 2016

When did it become the norm, I have been wondering, to treat a scientific announcement like a glitt…

Would you stand up for British science?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Feb 2016

Thirty years ago, a full page advert paid for by 1500 scientists appeared in The Times calling on t…

Dropping like flies...but what species of fly, named after who?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Feb 2016

First Lemmy, then Bowie and then Glen Frey. January was a tough month for rock iconography.

The collaboration game!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Feb 2016

Efficious campus security, crazy numbering schemes and disappointing meetings - the obstacles are m…

What do you know about senescence?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Feb 2016

Facts about ageing..

Is science using images to cheat?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Feb 2016

As the power of the image continues to grow in science, Russ Swan asks…are we abusing this power?

Will ageing only be a bane to the poor?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Feb 2016

There comes a time – and this must happen to everyone – when you suddenly notice you are old…or, at…

Did George Osborne give science a happy New Year?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jan 2016

At first glance, there appeared to be a lot of gifts under the Spending Review Christmas tree last …

The lab resolution countdown

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jan 2016

Happy New Year and all that jazz, but don’t waste time setting unrealistic resolutions says Matthew…

Here are some stats about the human microbiome

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jan 2016

Ever wondered about the human microbiome....here's some information you may not know...

Time to get serious about protecting science

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jan 2016

As another year slips by, Russ Swan says it is high time to drop the pretence and get serious about…

Asteroid mining...the final frontier?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jan 2016

It’s all gone a bit ‘inner-space’ in this issue. A growing body of evidence suggests the human micr…

The strange enigma of unusual fallings

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Dec 2015

Tadpoles, blackbirds, apples, sprat and meat. What, you may well ask, is this rather absurd list?