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Shakespear in space

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Mar 2011

As the US Space Shuttle programme draws to a close and NASA squabbles with Obama over how best to r…

The future of UK R&D

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Mar 2011

Last month, the world’s largest drug maker, Pfizer, announced the closure of their 140-hectar site …

Unlocking the secrets of the zebrafish

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Mar 2011

The zebrafish: a beautiful animal and an important research tool. As scientists, we know that the z…

Clichéd men and political eyes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Mar 2011

Obvious men Here on the science Lite desk, we love pointless research but sometimes the results ar…

Changing consensus

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Feb 2011

In a recent episode of the rather excellent BBC science flagship Horizon, Sir Paul Nurse - fresh fr…

It's diet time

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Feb 2011

Are your jeans a little tighter after the Christmas indulgence? Some people will turn to diet books…

The future of healthcare – is it in the app?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Feb 2011

I remember my first mobile phone – it was a Motorola, a huge brick that simply made phone calls and…

Dr Chuckles shames our cynic

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Feb 2011

Cynicism is no stranger to us here on the Science light desk. Indeed it has become a close and valu…

Are hackers 1337?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jan 2011

The whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks has been under great pressure to stop publishing secret diplo…

To test or not to test...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jan 2011

Well, yet another round of New Year celebrations have come and gone. Yet, for us here at Laboratory…

Want to stick to your resolutions? Then remember, the brain is your worst enemy

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jan 2011

As the cloying fug of the festive period lazily begins to lift here on the Science lite desk, we ta…

Science and Harry Potter

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Dec 2010

The Harry Potter story is coming to an end – all seven books in the series have been published and …

Science is Vital!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Nov 2010

The science budget has miraculously avoided drastic cuts in the recent Comprehensive Spending Revie…

Crop circle mystery solved

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Oct 2010

Most crop circles are manmade but ‘experts’ maintain that there is a distinct difference between ma…

Its all about the curl

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Oct 2010

Fluke or skilful – just how much did Roberto Carlos know about the science of ‘that’ goal in the 19…

Dreams are made of this

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Sep 2010

Sleep is such a natural part of life and yet it remains largely unexplained by science. Leila Satta…

Cloning – unsafe or just misunderstood?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Sep 2010

Cloning has always been a controversial issue and it’s been thrust into the limelight again recentl…

The bio-revolution

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Aug 2010

Geneticist and entrepreneur Dr Craig Venter hit the headlines in May 2010 after creating the first …

Bright ideas needed for Deepwater Horizon

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Aug 2010

Three and a half months after the initial incident and oil is still leaking from BPs Deepwater Hori…

European investment

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jul 2010

Britain’s current competitive advantage in many sectors is at risk of being wiped out by our global…