By Joseph Milton

Welcome, and thanks for visiting Elements, a brand spanking new web site dedicated to covering the rapidly evolving world of science and technology.

There’s never been a more exciting time to be doing, writing about, or indeed reading about science and tech.

We are close to receiving results from CERN which could change physics forever, close to seeing synthetic life created from scratch in a lab, close to having unprecedented views of the universe through powerful new telescopes, and the influence of personal technology has never been greater in our lives. We also have to work out what we do next to reduce carbon emissions after the disappointment that was COP15.

As science journalists we hope to provide independent critical coverage of the hottest topics in science, as well as areas that interest us personally.

At Elements we have twenty young (at heart), talented and enthusiastic contributors. We’re from a wide range of backgrounds, spanning the arts through academic science to medicine. We also have a variety of interests from geology to health, so the site will include a diverse selection of topics and styles.

As the editor of the website, I’ll be keeping you up to date with what’s going on here at Elements in regular posts. So, once again, welcome. We hope you enjoy the site,

Joe Milton