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Thursday, May 10, 2012
As I was in London earlier this week for the Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist exhibition opening at The Queen’s Gallery it see..
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
So, as I was saying, I was at Buck House earlier this week. I know, you’re thinking the knighthood is well over due, but I..
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
A 5:30 am start is not the usual modus operandi of this freelance journalist but with an invitation to a Bloggers’ Breakfa..
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Exergy is perhaps an unfamiliar concept. Energy we can fairly easily get to grips with, it’s a measure of the ability of a..
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Helping others, joining in and having some kind of life plan or at least goals, aspirations and ambitions seem to make for enhan..
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Friday, May 4, 2012
In “rest rooms” everywhere there are millions of people trying to dry their hands, assuming they washed them after u..
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Friday, May 4, 2012
I get a lot of emails from people hoping to break into the field of science writing (and medical and technical writing in genera..
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Friday, May 4, 2012
UV and NMR spectroscopy have been used to characterise a novel adhesive that functions in marine environments by mimicking the n..
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
A short film that reveals the human stories behind the chemical elements and exposes the allegedly startling rate at which we ar..
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Monday, April 30, 2012
This week, The Alchemist takes another look at an old friend, aspirin, that most venerable of pharmaceuticals. He also sheds lig..
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Scientist Emily Willingham blogs about science at Double X Science. BoingBoing just alerted me to the existence of her site and ..
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Monday, April 30, 2012
My new book, I filed the first chunk of my new solo book – Deceived Wisdom – with my publisher today. Looking forwar..
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
An odd mix of books on my desk for review right now and just one of them with a strong scientific angle: Imagine: How creativity..
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
It’s a well known fact, mostly well known to chemists, that the composer Alexander Borodin was also a chemist. When not pl..
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
A bizarre paper that prompted a massive backlash from the chemical community when it made the ludicrous claim that understanding..
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