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Dinosaur detective Phil Manning

March 26, 2011
Imagine getting paid to dig up dinosaurs and make a TV show about it – sounds like fun! We’re so jealous of the career this month’s Big Ask has chosenPalaeontologist...

Paul Scotting takes genetics into his own hands

February 26, 2011
This month Laboratory News meets the geneticist who decided to take matters into his own hands when he couldn’t find the right book to recommend to his studentsPaul Scotting is...

Neural interactions with Rogier Mars

January 26, 2011
What is TMS and how can it be used? We found out from a scientist who uses the technique in his daily researchRogier Mars lectured on neural interactions during action...

Size Matters says Mark Miodownik

December 1, 2010
This year’s Royal Institution Christmas lectures are returning to the BBC so we caught up with this year’s under-pressure lecturer Mark Miodownik for a quick chatAs a materials scientist, Mark...

Diamond’s always different for Claire Pizzey

November 1, 2010
No two days are ever the same at Diamond – the UK’s synchrotron light facility. Laboratory News caught up with industrial liaison scientist Dr Claire Pizzey to find out whyThe...

Make-up artist turned forensic scientist Joanna Fraser

October 1, 2010
Make-up artist turned forensic scientist – just how do you make the switch? Laboratory News finds outJoanna Fraser is a PhD student and teaching assistant at the University of Dundee...

Fighter pilot turned scientist Missy Cummings

September 1, 2010
She was an ace fighter pilot in the US Navy, and now she’s a top scientist – this is a Big Ask you’re definitely going to want to read…Missy Cummings...

Michael Brooks fights science’s corner

August 1, 2010
Earlier this year, Michael Brooks, science writer and regular contributor to the New Scientist and New Statesman, set up the Science Party – a party that ‘stands for sensible thinking...

Mammoth hunting with Alan Cooper

July 1, 2010
Mammoths went extinct about 45,000 years ago, but a team of international scientists has succeeded in recreating the animal’s blood from DNA samples taken from bones, we find out how...Professor...

Exploring sharks’ sens of smell with Jonathan Cox

June 1, 2010
Sharks have really sensitive noses – they can smell a drop of blood from almost 1km away – but how they’re able to do this has always been a puzzle....

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