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Interested in Nanoscience?
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![A Green Earth: Life seeks to survive, by whatever means it can (picture credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre) Does evolution have a purpose? To […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Herbal-Earth-195x110.png "The Purpose of Life")
The Purpose of Life
Posted on November 16, 2014 | No CommentsA Green Earth: Life seeks to survive, by whatever means it can (picture credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre) Does evolution have a purpose? To […] -
![“Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/planet-blog-115x70.png "Are we Alone in Space?")
Are we Alone in Space?
Posted on November 16, 2014 | No Comments“Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the […] -
![Desert Sands: Moving dunes are a problematic natural hazard for builders in arid regions. It was a thriving civilisation. Its people spoke and wrote an advanced language. […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Dessert-sands-195x110.jpg "A Dangerous World")
A Dangerous World
Posted on November 13, 2014 | No CommentsDesert Sands: Moving dunes are a problematic natural hazard for builders in arid regions. It was a thriving civilisation. Its people spoke and wrote an advanced language. […] -
![Below our clunky plane, within the creaks of the clouds, a twisted pattern of muddy orange arose. The colour had a clay-like dullness but tinted […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Blog-image-01_Bang-115x115.png "What You Didn’t Know About the Amazon River")
What You Didn’t Know About the Amazon River
Posted on November 2, 2014 | No CommentsBelow our clunky plane, within the creaks of the clouds, a twisted pattern of muddy orange arose. The colour had a clay-like dullness but tinted […] -
![‘Time and tide wait for no man’. That’s one ancient proverb that never ceases to ring true. Some of our most fascinating insights about a […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Twelfth-hour-195x110.jpg "Precious Time")
Precious Time
Posted on November 2, 2014 | No Comments‘Time and tide wait for no man’. That’s one ancient proverb that never ceases to ring true. Some of our most fascinating insights about a […] -
![The atmosphere is unpredictable. There is no avoiding the fact that no matter how many observations we make, and no matter how good our models […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Science-in-Society-Blog-final-draft-195x110.jpg "Improving Forecasts")
Improving Forecasts
Posted on October 21, 2014 | No CommentsThe atmosphere is unpredictable. There is no avoiding the fact that no matter how many observations we make, and no matter how good our models […] -
Only a Matter of Time
Posted on June 9, 2014 | No CommentsEinstein transformed the way we look at gravity, the force Newton apocryphally comprehended when an apple fell upon his head, proposing a radical shift in […] -
The Catch-22 of Science in the Media
Posted on June 7, 2014 | No CommentsLast month, Associated Press GfK published the findings of their latest survey of American attitudes to science. They gave 1012 adults a variety of scientific […] -
![The work of technological hackers and information reapers is familiar to all those who have considered buying an internet-enabled digital device. The market for anti-virus software […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tech-talk-115x115.png "TECH TALK: Cyber Mollycoddling – Is Technological Scaremongering Good For Today’s Youth?")
TECH TALK: Cyber Mollycoddling – Is Technological Scaremongering Good For Today’s Youth?
Posted on May 14, 2014 | No CommentsThe work of technological hackers and information reapers is familiar to all those who have considered buying an internet-enabled digital device. The market for anti-virus software […] -
Just as We Thought We Were Winning
Posted on May 10, 2014 | 4 CommentsThis year has challenged and provoked our innermost beliefs of what we used to think was acceptable. I myself, was a youngster captivated by the […] -
The Fall-Out from Heartbleed – To What Extent Can we Really Trust Technology?
Posted on April 26, 2014 | No CommentsJust as Microsoft releases Cortana, a virtual assistant designed to challenge the dominance of Apple’s Siri and Google Now in this market, the Heartbleed bug has […] -
![Nah, this isn’t about the fictitious tomboy from the 19th century children’s book ‘What Katy Did’. This is about some undoubtedly much more fascinating individuals belonging […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Invertebrates-icon-done-195x110.png "What Katydid")
What Katydid
Posted on April 17, 2014 | No CommentsNah, this isn’t about the fictitious tomboy from the 19th century children’s book ‘What Katy Did’. This is about some undoubtedly much more fascinating individuals belonging […] -
TECH TALK: Technology and Charity – What’s the Deal behind the Dollars?
Posted on April 4, 2014 | No CommentsAs I write this, the trend behind the #nomakeupselfie is finally dying down on my Facebook news feed. At the same time, the UNICEF Tap […]
