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Addressing the helium shortage

January 8, 2019
The helium shortage, party balloons and a revolutionary energy source – all the perfect ingredients for New Year knees-up say Russ Swan… We're in the full swing of party season...

Seasonal kissing and unfortunate penguins

January 7, 2019
So that’s it then. That was the season to be jolly, and now the thick grey coat of January threatens to envelop our mood.  But, if you’ll excuse our stubbornness,...

New Year tips for last minute presentations

January 7, 2019
Forget that resolution to start completing tasks well in advance – just get really good at doing them last minute says Dr Matthew Partridge as he gives us his New...

Reaching the Government’s R&D target

December 18, 2018
In the 2017 General Election campaign, the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats all made manifesto pledges to increase R&D intensity in the UK. The Tories set a target to...

A strange sequence of events

December 12, 2018
An enigmatic interstellar visitor, a grand failure of our space-based instruments and ever-gathering conspiracy theorists… Russ Swan considers a peculiar series of events There's something odd going on, and careful...

Science is a very human endeavor

December 6, 2018
Scientists are a hard working bunch. Very hard working in fact – but even you need time to consider other parts of your life. After all, says Matthew Partridge, science...

Clowning around with cynicism

November 29, 2018
Cynicism is no stranger to us here on the Science light desk. Indeed it has become a close and valued ally. A comforting mental overcoat, arming us for the oh-so-smug...

Split the difference

November 22, 2018
Our brains can integrate left and right functions... so why can't our society do the same?

Influenza epidemic

November 12, 2018
We are overdue an influenza epidemic and the hunt is on for a universal flue vaccine. Here we look at some sickness stats...

Matter and antimatter

November 8, 2018
While a well-honed scientific theory can cut through to reveal clarity, dig deeper and the facade slips leaving us holding an empty cup...Never is this starker than at the cutting...

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