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The search for weapons of maths communication

18 February, 2012
The search for weapons of maths communication

Maths is like Marmite – love it or loathe it. Harriet Bailey questions whether those campaigning for a maths museum in the UK have got their sums right

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Diabetes in the developing world going untreated, despite available drugs

16 February, 2012

Despite the image of diabetes as an affliction of fat Western people, eighty per cent of deaths from the disease are in low- and middle-income countries.

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Leveson tackles science reporting in newspapers

11 February, 2012

Kate Adams was surprised to discover that there’s more to Leveson than phone hacking

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When cutting kills

7 February, 2012
When cutting kills

A routine but largely unnecessary medical procedure kills boys in South Africa every year

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Why are we banging heads over public access to scientific data?

13 December, 2011

That a public debate nearly ended in a baroness nutting a journalist reveals the passions around freedom of information.

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