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![From bleak adverts on the TV to black edged notices on cigarette packets, it is well known that smoking kills. However, little attention has been […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Going-up-in-smoke_preview-115x115.png "Going Up in Smoke")
Going Up in Smoke
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No CommentsFrom bleak adverts on the TV to black edged notices on cigarette packets, it is well known that smoking kills. However, little attention has been […] -
![Did you know that your body is able to replicate all of the DNA in a cell within an hour and only make three mistakes? […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Copy-and-paste_preview-115x115.png "Copy and Paste")
Copy and Paste
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No CommentsDid you know that your body is able to replicate all of the DNA in a cell within an hour and only make three mistakes? […] -
![It is said that there are only two things in life that are certain: taxes and death. With the recent increase in VAT it is […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Age-before-beauty_preview-115x115.png "Age Before Beauty")
Age Before Beauty
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No CommentsIt is said that there are only two things in life that are certain: taxes and death. With the recent increase in VAT it is […] -
![“A red sun rises. Blood has been spilt this night” The ominous words of the elf Legolas in Tolkien’s ‘The Two Towers’ conjures up a […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Natures-palette_preview-115x115.png "Nature’s Palette")
Nature’s Palette
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No Comments“A red sun rises. Blood has been spilt this night” The ominous words of the elf Legolas in Tolkien’s ‘The Two Towers’ conjures up a […] -
![On Thursday 21st January 2011, the team at Bang! spoke to Simon Singh, PhD in Physics, science writer, and famous proponent for Libel Law reform […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Bang-talks-to-Simon-Singh_preview1-115x115.png "Bang! talks to . . . Simon Singh")
Bang! talks to . . . Simon Singh
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No CommentsOn Thursday 21st January 2011, the team at Bang! spoke to Simon Singh, PhD in Physics, science writer, and famous proponent for Libel Law reform […] -
![With the advent of the genomic era, scientists are looking more and more closely at the genetic traits that make us human. But looking at […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/whys-there-hair-there-01_preview-115x115.gif "Why’s There Hair There?")
Why’s There Hair There?
Posted on September 8, 2011 | No CommentsWith the advent of the genomic era, scientists are looking more and more closely at the genetic traits that make us human. But looking at […] -
![Scientific knowledge of neurophysiology in the 1940s covered only a small fraction of what we know today. However, enough was known for a group of […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Computing-on-the-brain-115x115.png "Computing on the Brain")
Computing on the Brain
Posted on September 8, 2011 | No CommentsScientific knowledge of neurophysiology in the 1940s covered only a small fraction of what we know today. However, enough was known for a group of […] -
![The evolutionary arms race between parasites and their hosts is a never ending competition; each player constantly adapts in an attempt to overcome the other, […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Zombie-ants-01_preview-115x115.gif "Zombie Ants")
Zombie Ants
Posted on September 8, 2011 | No CommentsThe evolutionary arms race between parasites and their hosts is a never ending competition; each player constantly adapts in an attempt to overcome the other, […] -
![One in three deaths in the UK occur as a result of heart and circulatory diseases and, for the moment, there’s no cure for a […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/broken-heart_preview-115x115.gif "Broken Heart?")
Broken Heart?
Posted on September 8, 2011 | No CommentsOne in three deaths in the UK occur as a result of heart and circulatory diseases and, for the moment, there’s no cure for a […] -
![The natural world revolves around sexual reproduction. Through it, the majority of species guarantee their survival. If we are to believe Freud, it also drives […]](/wp-content/themes/arras/arras/images/thumbnail.png "The Birds and the Bees")
The Birds and the Bees
Posted on September 8, 2011 | No CommentsThe natural world revolves around sexual reproduction. Through it, the majority of species guarantee their survival. If we are to believe Freud, it also drives […] -
![Mosquitoes are arguably the most dangerous animals on earth. Mosquito-borne pathogens cause many diseases, including malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever. They transmit disease to […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Bug-free-bugs_preview-115x115.gif "Bug-free Bugs")
Bug-free Bugs
Posted on September 8, 2011 | No CommentsMosquitoes are arguably the most dangerous animals on earth. Mosquito-borne pathogens cause many diseases, including malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever. They transmit disease to […] -
![In this book Mark Ronan takes the reader on a voyage of discovery in the quest for the ‘Monster’ of symmetry. Ronan, an honorary Professor […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Literary-matter-01_preview-115x115.gif "Literary Matter")
Literary Matter
Posted on September 8, 2011 | No CommentsIn this book Mark Ronan takes the reader on a voyage of discovery in the quest for the ‘Monster’ of symmetry. Ronan, an honorary Professor […] -
![So striking is the blue haze which rises above mountainsides on hot days that it features in the names of mountain ranges around the world—from […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Something-in-the-air-01_preview-115x115.gif "Something in the Air")
Something in the Air
Posted on September 8, 2011 | No CommentsSo striking is the blue haze which rises above mountainsides on hot days that it features in the names of mountain ranges around the world—from […] -
![Born into an aristocratic family as the youngest of eleven in 1744, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck had a fairly eclectic early life. Not wishing to pursue his […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Lamarck_preview-115x115.gif "Just Wide of Lamarck")
Just Wide of Lamarck
Posted on September 8, 2011 | No CommentsBorn into an aristocratic family as the youngest of eleven in 1744, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck had a fairly eclectic early life. Not wishing to pursue his […]
