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Keeping governments accountable: The COVID-10 assessment scorecard
Added: 16 Jun 2020
A new commentary published in Nature Medicine calls for governments to recognise the urgent need to…
Lawmakers called to protect biomedical science from false claims
Added: 5 Jun 2020
Great Medical Promises Threatened by Booming Miracle Cures and Undue Pressure to Gain Fast-Track Ap…
Illegal wildlife trading threatens all creatures great and small
Added: 29 May 2020
Besides being a major threat to biodiversity, the wildlife trade can be a cause of global public he…
Covid-19 reveals misunderstanding of the lab sector
Sarah Lawton | Added: 15 May 2020
As Russ Swan settles in to a new normal of self-isolation, he'd like to believe politicians, he rea…
We need to talk about live wet-markets
Added: 6 Apr 2020
How do we make sure this doesn’t happen ever again? How do we reduce novel zoonotics in our species…
Please ignore: Guide to lab Health and Safety
Added: 9 Mar 2020
Do you fancy a few extra weeks off work? Then let Dr Matthew Partridge take you through his H&S tip…
Game Theory: Biotix
Added: 5 Mar 2020
ames have never been more popular and in their column Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner take us …
If we're going to get it anyway, is it better to get it over with?
Added: 28 Feb 2020
As efforts redouble to contain and control, Russ Swan wonders if it is way too late to do anything …
“It's now beyond doubt: we need to reimagine the way research works”
Added: 18 Feb 2020
Wellcome recently conducted a survey to explore how scientists felt about research culture – what t…
An icy reception
Added: 10 Feb 2020
As the RRS Sir David Attenborough gets set for her first ice trials next month it seems whilst we w…
Getting into the lab, via the stomach
Added: 26 Jan 2020
Of all the incentives lab supply companies have in their arsenal – there is one guaranteed way they…
The poetry of science competition
Added: 16 Jan 2020
Back in September 2019, inspired by an interview we did with science poet Dr Sam Illingworth, we as…
The election: a process in need of a scientific overhaul...
Added: 15 Jan 2020
As the dust from the election settles – Russ Swan tells us of a rather unique position he found him…
Pride and prejudice
Added: 8 Jan 2020
As bad starts go, this was – it has to be said – something of a humdinger.
Even if you don’t buy i…
How to make Christmas cake with ingredients from lab supply companies
Added: 23 Dec 2019
So, it is the festive period once again and you are trapped in the lab – but fear not, Dr Matthew P…
Game Theory: Phylo
Added: 20 Dec 2019
Games have never been more popular and in their column Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner take us…
Festive footprint
Added: 19 Dec 2019
More than 11,000 scientists have warned of a “catastrophic hothouse Earth” that could result from c…
Idiocy of the fourth degree
Added: 10 Dec 2019
When it comes to deciphering science from pseudoscience there is, says Russ Swan, more than one kin…
Priorities ahead of UK general election
Added: 3 Dec 2019
Perhaps never before has UK politics appeared to move so quickly yet largely stood still.
Money talks... and heals
Added: 25 Nov 2019
Beware the dreaded hyperbole. That is always in the forefront of my mind when writing for you. But …
