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How a comet can inspire a generation

December 1, 2014
In the middle of November – I hardly need remind you – the human race made a historic, if rather bumpy, landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The first time such a...

Super spectroscopy

November 30, 2014
In the final LN Companion Series of 2014, we take a look at an analytical method that has enlightened us in so many ways. It has allowed us to probe...

What are you saying, exactly?

November 24, 2014
Hidden messages. Could there be anything more innately conspiratorial? Books, films – entire cults even – have been based on the idea that within one form of document there nestles...

Need a new holiday destination? Let us help

November 17, 2014
Bored of the same old holiday destinations? Want to try something a bit different? Let Russ Swan take you on a journey out of this world… Autumn means it’s time...

Number Cruncher 20

November 14, 2014
New research suggests the ozone hole is shrinking; here are some atmospherostats

Reverting to type…prototype

November 10, 2014
Prototypes are things of beauty. I've made a few over the years and each one is a fantastic bodge of barely hanging together cardboard, gaffer tape, blue tac and sheer...

The ‘omics’ revolution

November 3, 2014
The ‘omics’ revolution that has taken place in biology over the last few decades promises to yield so much. Yet undoubtedly we will have to wait a while before this...

There’s something you should know about dogs…

October 27, 2014
There are times, dear reader, when the miasma of lethargy within which the Science Lite team ordinarily operates is blown away. Times when our collective attention is scruffed roughly and...

Number Cruncher 19

October 20, 2014
Stephen Hawking thinks we should think again about the nature of black holes. Here we take a look at some black hole statistics

We’ve got it all wrong

October 20, 2014
From outrage to a rising dawn of realisation – when it comes to the way we name ourselves and our pursuits, Russ Swan thinks scientists have got it all wrong…...

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