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Taking a COSHH to the head

October 6, 2014
A few weeks ago I made a terrible mistake of taking the day off. Normally, a nice day off would be a good thing but sadly I managed to take...

Respect in the face of desolation

October 1, 2014
Tunneling through mountains, creating entire islands where once open ocean dominated, razing swathes of forest  – this is big engineering to meet big ambition; engineering which many would class as...

Robot nightmares and the chocolate Doctor…

September 26, 2014
Here at the Science Lite desk we've been inundated with research that is not only interesting and worthwhile, but also manages to shatter our illusions and have us quaking in...

The world will end in a flood of pointlessness

September 22, 2014
How will life on this planet end – a deadly pathogen, intense heat? Oh no, something much more pointless, says Russ Swan I have seen the end of the world,...

How to play, and win, lab Risk

September 8, 2014
Let our shiny new columnist Dr Matthew Partridge take you by the hand and lead you through the niggles of life in the lab Growing up, I really hated playing...

Number Cruncher 18

September 8, 2014
A skills crisis looms when it comes to the science technician workforce

Combating chemical warfare

September 1, 2014
 A year ago the world stood open mouthed as reports came in on the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian city of Damascus. For the first time since the...

Chairman of the bored…

August 26, 2014
As a species we like to think we are conquerors of our own niche; that we could, if it came to it, outsmart our own extinction. We are as happy...

Stretching the truth

August 18, 2014
Nothing is new in the world of TV science says Russ Swan _– but with the advent of ‘docufiction’ has the time come where the truth is being stretched to...

Number Cruncher 17

August 14, 2014
As animal experiments in the UK rose to over 4m in 2013, we take a look at some of the facts and figures

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