Can scientists, academics, campaigners and communicators all work together to engage the public in taking action on climate change? It...
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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...
Bluetongue is a viral disease of cattle and sheep transmitted by Culicoides biting midges, which has recently emerged in Europe....
Dr Gutmann was named Chair of the US Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues by President Barack Obama...
Progression of Alzheimer's disease. Neuronal death and the formation of neurofibrillary tangles and beta-amyloid plaques. Magdalena Sastre is a senior...
A law passed by the European Parliament on Tuesday 13th January will give individual EU countries the right to allow...
Professor David Nutt, British psychiatrist and neuropsychopharmacologist, will speak about drug policy in the UK. Professor Nutt specialises in the research of drugs...
My PhD is funded by the taxpayer. Whilst I’m of course hugely grateful for this, I often have to wonder...
In this issue of Spandex Wizards, there’s going to be a slight change of tack. Instead of exploring a unique...
This discussion at the Dana Centre in South Kensington looked at several issues including changing behaviour towards climate change, turning debates...
I was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, and although I couldn’t wait to leave the place when I headed off to...
Innovation is valuable; that’s why the government places such great emphasis on it in their plan for economic growth. Usually,...
Julian Huppert MP Decisions about science that affect our lives are being made by people with little knowledge of those...
The female contraceptive pill is often hailed as one of the greatest successes of modern medicine, by both women and...
Longannet Power Station For many years the idea of carbon capture and storage has been floating around as a solution...
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...
Since the disappointment of the 2009 COP15 summit in Copenhagen, derailed by the twin distractions of the escalating global...
Last week, I travelled to UCL to meet Imran Khan, head of CaSE. Imran is an alumnus of the Imperial...
One of the most common questions an expectant parent is likely to be asked is ‘so…do you want a boy...
Last week, I travelled to UCL to meet Imran Khan, head of CaSE. Imran is an alumnus of the Imperial...
For many years it has been widely accepted that science requires state funding; justified predominantly by the idea that science...
The worldwide trade of illicit drugs is big business, affecting countries across the world; from production in Latin America and...
On Tuesday 25th January, President of the United States Barack Obama will give his second State of the Union Address,...
