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Fracking furore

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Nov 2013

A few weeks ago, after several months of dedicated encampment, anti-fracking protesters dismantled …

Number Cruncher 8

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Nov 2013

Volcanoes can be a cruel and destructive force as the statistics behind these natural phenomenon te…

Laughing and thinking

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Oct 2013

Party hats were donned, plastic beakers full of wine were quaffed and hearty cheers were bellowed. …

Voyager's unlikely stowaway

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Oct 2013

Clean room etiquette, Voyager 1 and an unlikely stowaway ­– how a human fingerprint ended up leavin…

Do we need to rethink our relationship with bacteria?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Oct 2013

Is our need for clean making our children – and us – sick?!--more--

In our increasingly sanitary wor…

Epigenetics reaches fever pitch

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Oct 2013

The excitement around epigenetics has mounted almost to fever pitch levels in the last five years.!…

Number Cruncher 7

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Oct 2013

NASA have reported that Voyager 1 left the heliosphere - a 'bubble' of plasma that streams outward …

Riddle me this…

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Sep 2013

As you have no doubt seen – we are giving away the rather marvellous Art of Science game. Chock ful…

Humans are dominant cause of climate change

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Sep 2013

As the IPCC delivered their fifth assessment report on climate change they were very keen to stress…

A case of mistaken identity

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Sep 2013

An adorable creature was assumed to be something else for more than 100 years, but what is the sign…

Predicting the future is a risky business

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Sep 2013

No fusion power, no fuel cells…not even reliable light bulbs – have we really got the 21st century …

Marvellous microbes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Sep 2013

Readers of our print edition will have recieved  the second of the LN Companion Series of supplemen…

Talking endogenous retroviruses with Dr Ravinder Kanda

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Sep 2013

Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) constitute a substantial fraction of vertebrate genomes, but how did…

Ensuring the right balance of scientific freedom and security

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Sep 2013

History has shown that teasing truth from propaganda during times of war is a tricky business indee…

Number Cruncher 6

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Sep 2013

A circadian rhythm is a roughly 24 hour cycle in the physiological processes of living beings. Circ…

Levitation’s what you need

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Aug 2013

Welcome! A veritable feast for you this month – indeed you join us just as our cups are in danger o…

“Is it a boy or a girl?”

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Aug 2013

Choosing the sex of babies born via IVF is a realistic, but illegal, possibility. However, a leadin…

Pop culture and the power of scientific deduction

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Aug 2013

Comprehensive tests lead Russ Swan to discover an astounding application of scientific language – t…

Some incredibly clever manipulation of light

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Aug 2013

Light – such a peculiar and, at times, elusive beast. Both a wave and a particle – it has befuddled…

Number Cruncher 5

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Aug 2013

The information we can glean from light has revolutionised many scientific fields. Here are some li…