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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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Nuclear power buys us time in the race for cleaner energy

17 November, 2011

Nuclear power is far from perfect, but Pip Hobbs argues that it provides a decent stopgap between fossil fuels and a future of cheap, efficient renewables.

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We are as ignorant of embryos and stem cells as ever

16 November, 2011

That a judge was called upon to clarify what an EU directive meant by the word ‘embryo’ shows up just how little the citizens of our democracies understand about the science-based laws we write.

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A month of growth

7 November, 2011

This is the month, writes Daryl Ilbury, when all men should show care for their testicles and prostate, and leave a little hair beneath their noses

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It’s a SAD time of the year

4 November, 2011

It seems it’s not the season to be jolly, and you can jolly well thank your pineal gland for that

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