Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman synthesised LSD for the first time in 1938 while attempting to produce a blood stimulant for...
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The national Academies are hosting a series of four Policy Lab events considering the landscape for UK research and innovation after the...
Sir Mark Walport is the current Government Chief Scientific Adviser and is responsible for providing scientific advice to the Prime...
Various governments have promoted ‘patient choice’ as part of NHS reforms. Yet few people know how either to make that...
Claire Carter a PhD student at SPRU, University of Sussex and member of the Sussex Energy Group last year completed...
A law passed by the European Parliament on Tuesday 13th January will give individual EU countries the right to allow...
Many would consider the most important person in science at the moment isn’t the Universities and Science Minister, or the...
Themes of the last fortnight have been the GM crops inquiry, the circadian eye and doubts about the stem cell...
Innovation is valuable; that’s why the government places such great emphasis on it in their plan for economic growth. Usually,...
In my last post we saw how, following an 8 year trial of badger culling in 2007, the Independent Scientific...
It’s a debate that’s got everyone talking; animal rights activists, farmers, scientists and politicians. Yes, it’s about the dear old...
In early December the coalition government launched its new Life Sciences Strategy, described by the Prime Minister as an attempt...
Dr Wazeem, a paediatrian at Sambhavna examines a patient BY JOSEPH MALONE In 1969, as part of the “green revolution”...
Last week, I travelled to UCL to meet Imran Khan, head of CaSE. Imran is an alumnus of the Imperial...
Last week, I travelled to UCL to meet Imran Khan, head of CaSE. Imran is an alumnus of the Imperial...
Last week, I travelled to UCL to meet Imran Khan, head of CaSE. Imran is an alumnus of the Imperial...
Last week, I travelled to UCL to meet Imran Khan, head of CaSE. Imran is an alumnus of the Imperial...
There will not be a highway through the Serengeti according to the government of Tanzania last Wednesday. But if that’s...
Tanzania’s plan to build a $480 million road through the Serengeti has been condemned by the world. Last week Johnnie...
This week, the Space Shuttle Endeavour returned to Earth for the final time. Following this mission, NASA plans to send only...
For many years it has been widely accepted that science requires state funding; justified predominantly by the idea that science...
As we seem to have no blog today, here's an opinion piece I wrote back in March... If the government...
Defendents who take on libel cases are burdened with heavy debt under the current system In the newest example of...
Simon Singh and his technicolour dream scarf The Government's draft Defamation Bill has received a mixed reception from experts within...
Over recent days, many analysts have been quick to highlight the prominent role that social media technology has played in...
