Issue 8 Archive
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![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 […] -
![Malaria is about to be totally eradicated and you will never make a career, let alone a living from it”. This was the advice given […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/war-on-malaria-01_preview-115x115.gif "The War on Malaria")
The War on Malaria
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsMalaria is about to be totally eradicated and you will never make a career, let alone a living from it”. This was the advice given […] -
![Bicycles are such a common sight on the streets of Oxford that most of us barely give them a second thought. But there’s something a […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Staying-Upright_preview-115x115.gif "Staying Upright")
Staying Upright
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsBicycles are such a common sight on the streets of Oxford that most of us barely give them a second thought. But there’s something a […] -
![We spend approximately a third of our lives sleeping. Why do we do it? What is it for? Sleeping animals are very vulnerable, so evolution […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Sleep-on-it_preview-115x115.png "Sleep On It")
Sleep On It
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsWe spend approximately a third of our lives sleeping. Why do we do it? What is it for? Sleeping animals are very vulnerable, so evolution […] -
![Darwinian natural selection favours the fittest organisms. From an evolutionary perspective, fit animals are essentially those that survive and produce the most offspring. Homosexual behaviours […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Queer-beasts_preview-115x115.png "Queer Beasts")
Queer Beasts
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsDarwinian natural selection favours the fittest organisms. From an evolutionary perspective, fit animals are essentially those that survive and produce the most offspring. Homosexual behaviours […] -
![Life is fragile; at least, that is what experience tells us. As far as we know, Earth is the only planet in the Universe to […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/on-the-edge_preview-115x115.png "On the Edge")
On the Edge
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsLife is fragile; at least, that is what experience tells us. As far as we know, Earth is the only planet in the Universe to […] -
![In 1927, twenty-nine of the world’s leading physicists gathered in Solvay, Brussels for a conference on “Electrons and Photons.” Seventeen attendees went on to become […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Evolution-or-Revolution_preview-115x115.gif "Evolution or Revolution?")
Evolution or Revolution?
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsIn 1927, twenty-nine of the world’s leading physicists gathered in Solvay, Brussels for a conference on “Electrons and Photons.” Seventeen attendees went on to become […]
