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Roll over Einstein: meet Weinstein | Alok Jha
What are we to make of a man who left academia more than two decades ago but claims to have solved some of the most intractable problems in physics?There are a lot of open questions in modern physics.Most of the universe is missing, for example. The ...
Guardian (UK) Science Blog
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Are mental illnesses such as PMS and depression culturally determined? | Corrinne Burns
A growing number of psychiatrists suspect mental conditions are 'culture-bound syndromes' rather than exclusively biologicalThe latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - DSM 5 - was published over the weekend. Prod...
Guardian (UK) Science Blog
Monday, May 20, 2013
The need for critical science journalism
Too much contemporary science writing falls under the category of 'infotainment'The bulk of contemporary science journalism falls under the category of "infotainment". This expression describes science writing that informs a non-specialist target aud...
Guardian (UK) Science Blog
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Independent midwives - and home births - are under threat | Jo Marchant
For some women there are small extra risks involved in having a natural home birth, but the benefits far outweigh themI was accused on national radio last week of risking my son's life by giving birth at home. I had been talking on the BBC's Woman's ...
Guardian (UK) Science Blog
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Independent midwives - and natural births - are under threat | Jo Marchant
For some women there are small extra risks involved in having a natural home birth, but the benefits far outweigh themI was accused on national radio last week of risking my son's life by giving birth at home. I had been talking on the BBC's Woman's ...
Guardian (UK) Science Blog
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Supermarkets cash in on unfounded fears about food and health | Victoria Murphy
Products that are marketed as being free from GM, aspartame, MSG and parabens perpetuate myths and ignore evidenceWe have all found ourselves standing in a supermarket aisle, staring at packets and cans, struggling to choose between different version...
Guardian (UK) Science Blog
Thursday, May 09, 2013
At Boots, science is for boys and pink princess toys are for girls | Megan Peel
A science-based company like Boots that employs female pharmacists, opticians and chemists should know betterLast summer, driving our firstborn girl home from hospital, the world outside the car window seemed suddenly strange and new: the trees green...
Guardian (UK) Science Blog
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
In Boots, science is for boys and pink princess toys are for girls | Megan Peel
A science-based company like Boots that employs female pharmicists, opticians and chemists should know betterLast summer, driving our firstborn girl home from hospital, the world outside the car window seemed suddenly strange and new: the trees green...
Guardian (UK) Science Blog
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
DNA's twist to the right is not to be meddled with, so let's lose the lefties
It has a simplicity that disguises its colossal power - a ladder twisting up to the right. Yet all too often DNA is misrepresentedTry this now: point your index finger and turn it clockwise while moving your arm forward. What you are doing is depicti...
Guardian (UK) Science Blog
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
How to make a DNA double helix from jelly babies and liquorice | Mark Lorch
On the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA double helix, make your own - and extract the real thing from kiwi fruitSixty years ago today the journal Nature published a single-page article containing a solitary figure of two intertwined ribbo...
Guardian (UK) Science Blog
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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