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The 2017 survival guide

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Jan 2017

In the post-truth era – science may need a little pep talk. Well listen up, Russ Swan is here with …

Time to clear the decks and face 2017

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Jan 2017

Has 2016 sapped your optimism? Fear not – Dr Matthew Partridge has the solution, sadly it does invo…

Medical Marijuana

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jan 2017

Information on medical marijuana, from its main medical compounds to how many people have access to…

Science communication and the figure of speech

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jan 2017

I’ve been thinking about words. Ideal you might imagine, given my role on the magazine. But specifi…

Let the blue sky ease your hangover

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jan 2017

Well hello there! Welcome to 2017… we trust the hangovers are beginning to wane? No? Fear not – let…

Did 2016 end well for science?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Dec 2016

The Autumn Statement has passed, with science funding promised by the Chancellor. But what's next? …

Stereotypes - the good, the bad and the ugly

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Dec 2016

Russ Swan has done the maths on scientific-stereotypes so we don’t have to…which, it turns out, is …

Will Santa need to visit other planets?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Dec 2016

As we creep closer to holiday season and the traditional good cheer ramps up – what better time to …

All I want for Christmas is...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Dec 2016

Offensive solvents, weaponised pippette racks and lab siri – Santa has his work cut out as Dr Matth…

Genetic editing

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Dec 2016

CRISPR/Cas9 has the potential to change genetic editing as we know it. But how much do you know abo…

Are scientists now considered 'elites'?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Dec 2016

Well, it has been quite a year. And while perhaps this isn’t the place to wring the political detri…

Do you have all the stuff?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Nov 2016

Work them in the right way, and lab trade shows can be as good as a day at the Science Museum says …

Words, glorious words

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Nov 2016

With interchangeable meanings and ever shifting definitions – maintaining a comprehensive scientifi…

(Not so) slippery when wet

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Nov 2016

The gang try to grasp why our fingers wrinkle...

Artificial health

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Nov 2016

Examples of how AI is involved in scientific research

Asgardia - groundbreaking or simply an elaborate ruse?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Nov 2016

I simply don’t know what to make if it. A new notion of the nation state, a scientific utopia, a vi…

How do we use evidence better in society today?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Oct 2016

Dr Anusha Panjwani looks at the increasing need to better convey evidence based research.

What’s in a label?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Oct 2016

Time to stick it to The Man and play both fast and loose with H&S in the lab? Bad idea says Dr Matt…

How will UK science be protected during Brexit?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Oct 2016

Dr Anusha Panjwani writes on the challenges facing UK science in the wake of the Brexit vote.

Time to abolish embargoes?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Oct 2016

Time to tell the world about your work…but not just yet. Russ Swan on the unnecessary nuisance of s…