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Dr Peter Wothers delivers the RI Christmas Lectures

December 3, 2012
We chat with Dr Peter Wothers who is delivering this year’s Royal Institution Christmas lectures. Peter, a teaching fellow at the University of Cambridge chemistry department will deliver his three...

Heather Williams, ScienceGrrl director on overcoming science’s gender bias

November 1, 2012
In light of a new report from the Institute of Physics which states that nearly half (49%) of all co-ed maintained schools in England do not send even one girl...

Drug development with Paul Workman

October 1, 2012
We chat to Professor Paul Workman fromThe Institute of Cancer Research - winner of a global award recognising his success at taking pioneering drugs out of the laboratory and into...

Talking sci-novs and cancer with Dr Robin Hesketh

September 3, 2012
Dr Robin Hesketh sat down to write a novel about cancer – and coined the term sci-nov – but just where do you start?Dr Robin Hesketh didn’t want to write...

Returning bumblebees to Britain’s countryside

August 10, 2012
Bumble bees are important for pollination of plants and crops, but certain species are threatened with extinction due to habitat loss. For some – like the short-haired bumble bee –...

There’s no story quite like our own – Jon Agar

July 12, 2012
There’s no story quite like our own – we catch up with an author who has tackled the history of science in the twentieth centuryScience since the beginning of the...

Harnessing the power of plants with Professor George Lomonossoff

June 1, 2012
Nature can provide the starting point for many drugs, pharmaceuticals and vaccines – and plants are no exception. Professor George Lomonossoff has recently been named Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...

Exploring the world under our feet with Paul Younger

May 3, 2012
One scientist plays Indiana Jones to explore the world beneath our feetPaul Younger has photographed some of the most exceptional rocks on the planet – including some of the very...

Dating agency for scientists – not quite says Andrew McElroy

April 2, 2012
A kind of dating agency for scientists; The Research Network at Discovery Park aim to find the right person for the right job.Last year, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced they were...

Dr Daniel Müllensiefen on sing-along-able tunes

March 6, 2012
We are the Champions, the 1977 classic from Queen has been named as the most sing-along-able song by scientists, that’s right science has got musicalMusic isn’t normally something we would...

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