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June 25, 2009
Category: Politics
Today the motion for creating a dedicated committee to oversee science policy across Government was discussed in Parliament. Good news, we're getting it back. The Campaign for Science & Engineering had this to say: The Campaign for Science & Engineering...
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June 24, 2009
Category: 9
9, a new animated feature produced by Tim Burton and directed by Shane Acker, comes out in September (09/09/09, naturally). Details are sketchy, but it's safe to say in the world of 9, something has gone horribly wrong, the world...
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Category: Singh vs BCA
News just in: tomorrow's issue of Nature will feature a full page ad donated by the magazine asking people to sign up to the campaign to keep libel laws out of science. Managed by Sense About Science, the petition has...
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Category: General
Thanks to the Deputy Dog blog for unveiling these awesome hidden towers of Nevada: Although they look like retro-futurist prefab apartments, the structures are actually the water intake towers for the Hoover Dam's hydro-electric power station. The images were taken...
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June 22, 2009
Category: Video
I quite like this science smackdown from astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. The world needs more robust, funny, scientists on TV....
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June 17, 2009
Researchers at the University of Washington have woven together chitosan and polyester to create a new material that can help to repair severed nerves. Chitosan, found in the shells of crabs and shrimp, was mixed with an industrial polyester; the...
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June 15, 2009
Category: Politics
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has issued a press release in response to the special report published by the IUSS last week: Responding to the IUSS Committee's fourth special report of session 2008-9, "The future of science scrutiny...
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June 12, 2009
Category: Politics
As expected, the special report issued by the IUSS Committee recommends the creation of a dedicated committee overseeing science policy in the UK Government. See my report at the Guardian Science Blog: The Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee issued...
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Category: Games
Remember all the fun you had with the Great Sperm Race game a while back? Well, now you can step it up a level with Sperm Rider. In this game you play a delighted little guy in a cowboy hat,...
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June 11, 2009
Category: Politics
Lord Mandelson is insisting science and education won't suffer under the Department for Business, rubbishing the idea that business-led investment and curiosity-led research are exclusive options. Zoe Corbyn speaks to Mandelson for Times Higher Education: Told by Times Higher Education...
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