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The unbearable lightness of shrimp

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Apr 2015

It is, we sometimes find; sitting here eating doughnuts and drinking sweet tea, easy to forget the …

The crazy dinosaur denialist movement

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Apr 2015

The crazy dinosaur denialist movement

Here we look at some stats on the visual cortex

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Apr 2015

Visual illusions trick our brain into perceiving things that do not correspond to reality. Here we …

Stop bleeding on my floor!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Apr 2015

One of the parts of my job that I really enjoy is teaching the younger generation of scientists. Sh…

There's only one way to settle this

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Mar 2015

Debate. It is, in so many ways, the bedrock of science. Without dissemination and, more importantly…

The never ending dream of perpetual motion

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Mar 2015

When a moment’s idleness leads Russ Swan back to his childhood dream of perpetual motion he is surp…

Stats on mitochondria

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Mar 2015

Last month the house of Commons voted in favour of mitochondrial transfer, here we look at the stat…

Are you a science socialist?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Mar 2015

Social media and science is not for everyone. I am a prolific user of Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram an…

Are we making money from Ebola?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Mar 2015

Marketing buzz-words are, sadly, a staple of modern life. And it’s a staple that is often served up…

We are feline good

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Feb 2015

“Hits…we need more hits.” A cry oft heard from our Editor. Far from developing some kind of ‘Cowell…

Scientists - we are basically rock stars...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Feb 2015

In a clarion call to his fellow geeks – Russ Swan implores us to revel in the now; for we have neve…

Dear laboratory supply companies...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Feb 2015

Dear laboratory supply companies…

Statistically significant idiocy

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jan 2015

The New Year, a time to be candid – painfully so if necessary.

Here are some artificial intelligence stats

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jan 2015

American computer scientist and cognitive scientist John McCarthy coined the term ‘artificial intel…

Rise of the machines?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Jan 2015

Rise of the machines? Snuff and nonsense says Russ Swan – when it comes to sensors, there is an awf…

Another year, another set of impossible resolutions...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Jan 2015

It's a brand new year and as tradition dictates, a time when we make impossible promises we have ab…

Why did you become a scientist?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jan 2015

I ask because at the tail end of last year the Government published the much anticipated science an…

Merry Christmas…we think

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Dec 2014

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Tis the season to be jolly, etc e…

Here we cast an eye, ear and nose on some sensational stats

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Dec 2014

Crystallography is giving us new insights into the molecular basis of our senses, here we cast an e…

Gifts of Christmas past

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Dec 2014

Gifts of Christmas past still haunt Russ Swan - but will he complete his quest for a toy version of…