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Genetic legacy
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 May 2011
As a recent father I find myself more and more concerned with the idea of legacy. What will I pass …

Nuclear wonderland
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 May 2011
During the last decade, nuclear power has gradually regained its credibility in the eyes of the pub…

Removing the mystery of the Mona Lisa
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 May 2011
The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings in the world, and she has been in the spotlight a…

The delicate art of inspiration
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 May 2011
Inspiration can manifest its self in many different guises, shaping the tableau of humanity’s explo…

Buzz about town
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Apr 2011
What’s all the buzz about honeybees? These precious pollinators of fruits and vegetables are disapp…

Money money money
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Apr 2011
Money - goes the saying - makes the world go round. Well, much as anyone with even a passing acquai…

Are young people really turned off by science?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Apr 2011
Is science becoming cool again, or are the next generation still turned off by science?

Dancing queen
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Apr 2011
Wedding season is fast approaching, and the Science Lite team are begrudgingly dusting off our glad…

Shakespear in space
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Mar 2011
As the US Space Shuttle programme draws to a close and NASA squabbles with Obama over how best to r…

The future of UK R&D
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Mar 2011
Last month, the world’s largest drug maker, Pfizer, announced the closure of their 140-hectar site …

Unlocking the secrets of the zebrafish
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Mar 2011
The zebrafish: a beautiful animal and an important research tool. As scientists, we know that the z…

Clichéd men and political eyes
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Mar 2011
Obvious men Here on the science Lite desk, we love pointless research but sometimes the results ar…

Changing consensus
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Feb 2011
In a recent episode of the rather excellent BBC science flagship Horizon, Sir Paul Nurse - fresh fr…

It's diet time
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Feb 2011
Are your jeans a little tighter after the Christmas indulgence? Some people will turn to diet books…

The future of healthcare – is it in the app?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Feb 2011
I remember my first mobile phone – it was a Motorola, a huge brick that simply made phone calls and…

Dr Chuckles shames our cynic
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Feb 2011
Cynicism is no stranger to us here on the Science light desk. Indeed it has become a close and valu…

Are hackers 1337?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jan 2011
The whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks has been under great pressure to stop publishing secret diplo…

To test or not to test...
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jan 2011
Well, yet another round of New Year celebrations have come and gone. Yet, for us here at Laboratory…

Want to stick to your resolutions? Then remember, the brain is your worst enemy
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jan 2011
As the cloying fug of the festive period lazily begins to lift here on the Science lite desk, we ta…

Science and Harry Potter
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Dec 2010
The Harry Potter story is coming to an end – all seven books in the series have been published and …