Tag: Science
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Yes, it’s all true. After 55 years a woman gets the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Donna Strickland, from Canada, was awarded today the Prize for her outstanding contributions in the field of laser physics. In case you wonder, Mrs.…
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The blogs I read the most (my favourite? Or whatever you fancy calling them)
One friend asked me this very question a couple of days ago, and I have to say I didn’t know how to answer. Sure…
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A busy year for bacteria
This is definitively the year of bacteria in terms of scientific discovery and ground-breaking experiments. It was only a few months ago that a new strand…
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Seven Modern Plagues by Mark Jerome Walters
Seven Modern Plagues and How We are Causing Them, by the journalist, academic and veterinarian Mark Jerome Walters, is the updated version of his famous…
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Alien Life and E. Coli
In what seems more the plot of a SF novel than a scientific discovery, a new strand of DNA has recently been engineered in…
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Book Review: Journey to Civilization. The Science of How We Got Here by Roger P. Briggs
Writing a summary of the human civilisation that spans from the Australopitecus and its peers to the moment history truly starts is a task…
