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The sense of touch is incredibly important

April 5, 2018
Incredible work on the neurobiology of touch means we are on the road to rewiring the sense in paralyzed patients. Here are some stats showing how important touch can be…

On the age-old question of polishing a turd…

March 27, 2018
You can’t, the saying goes, polish a turd. Possibly not – but you can increase the market value of said defecatory effusion so as to render a polish unnecessary.Let us...

Has the 21st century really lived up to the hype?

March 20, 2018
After all the technological promises, has the 21st century really lived up to the hype? Russ Swan is not so sure, and now the rolling one-upmanship of rich guys playing...

Sunny solar stats

March 14, 2018
Work on ‘hot electrons’ could make for incredibly efficient solar panel technology (p32) – here are some sunny solar stats…

A verdant witness

March 8, 2018
How often, I wonder, does political tribalism meet geology? Not very, I'd imagine.Yet as I write this geologists are being forced to ask themselves whether they are offering up a...

A corvidian call to arms

February 22, 2018
There is little point in crafting a natty introduction to this piece. We have, surely, already lost your attention to the truly horrific image on this page.And we can’t blame...

Immigration policy must reflect needs of science

February 14, 2018
Of all the uncertainties of Brexit, the ability of companies and universities to continue to attract talented people to jobs and to study has remained consistently at the fore. Last...

Over REACHing chemical tests?

February 9, 2018
Unintended consequences of REACH legislation over the use of chemicals could mean a waste of time, resources and lab animals. Russ Swan gets out his pointiest wagging finger and delves...

Influenza

February 7, 2018
As this season's influenza outbreak proves to be the worst since 2009 we look at some sickness-stats...

Tump and the Moon

February 6, 2018
A rare lunar event, and Trump's State of the Union address – could there be a connection?Full moons can do strange things to animals. Such is the case for me...

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