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The Science of Christmas 2011 Please wait while the activity loads. If this activity does not load, try refreshing your browser. Also, this page requires javascript. Please visit using a browser with...
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The Science of Christmas 2011 – A review.
With rounds like ‘Chilly Challenge’, ‘Tree-mendous Trivia’ and ‘Digital Ditties’, the alliteration was out in force for Scientific Kitty’s first ever event on Sunday. The pub quiz, called The Science...
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I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Guest blogger (and non-scientist) Jack Sharp reviews I’ll Be Home for Christmas. N.B. there’s no mention of science in this review, but c’mon, it’s Christmas! When it came to picking a Christmas film...
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How Sex Works
Emma Stoye reviews BBC Three’s recent documentary series, ‘How Sex Works’. ‘How Sex Works’ was part of the BBC’s sex season, a collection of programs which aimed to inform and entertain viewers about...
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The Tiger That Isn’t: Seeing through a world of numbers
Joshua Prettyman reviews ‘The Tiger That Isn’t: Seeing through a world of numbers’, by Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot. This is one of the very best books I have read about the importance of being...
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Catie Lichten reviews the new advert for Haribo Starmix. Science is used to sell products all the time, with the use of sciency sounding ingredients and behind-the-scenes consumer psychology. But since...
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The Other Brain: The Scientific and Medical Breakthroughs That Will Heal Our...
Joseph Jebelli reviews ‘The Other Brain: The Scientific and Medical Breakthroughs That Will Heal Our Brains and Revolutionize Our Health’ by R. Douglas Fields. Ask any academic studying the brain what...
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Wetware: a computer in every living cell
Joseph Jebelli reviews ‘Wetware: a computer in every living cell’, by Dennis Bray. Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel prize-winning biologist and President of the Royal Society, gave a fascinating lecture at the...
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The ‘Clevers’
By Radha Desai The world of science is in a way the most inclusive of all sorts and at the same time the most elitist about intellect. The need to feel clever, be clever and surround oneself with other...
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Evolution – Controversy in the Classroom
By Jess Devonport The teaching of evolution and creationism in schools has long been a controversial issue full of divided opinions and angry rhetoric. Last year three new free schools run by...
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Overlords
By Radha Desai One of the questions I get asked often is which one is better Academic research or Industry research. I don’t have a clear answer on that and most definitely there cannot be a common...
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