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Item of the month – July 2009
Suffused with an ethereal phosphorescent glow, artist Anne Brodie’s ghostly images cast new light on the human body’s inextricable relationship with unseen forces of nature. In ‘Exploring the Invisible‘, a Wellcome Trust funded collaboration with microbiologist Dr Simon Park and… Continue reading
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Heston Blumenthal – do try this at home
Britain’s most scientific chef Heston Blumenthal is back on tv this week, with his new Channel 4 seriesinspired by historic recipes. This week he recreated an amazing array of dishes, including mock turtle soup, Alice’s ‘Drink Me’ potion from her… Continue reading
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Francis Crick and science fiction
In the wake of the ‘Frankenstein science’ fears stirred up by last year’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, startling evidence has come to light of a strange hybrid organism genetically engineered in the USA. A newly-catalogued file in Francis Crick’s… Continue reading
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Kitchen sink dramas
Is it just me, or does recipe-swapping seem to be spreading across the media like a benign virus? Every weekend paper worth its salt has a recipe-exchange corner nowadays, while online you’re spoilt for choice, from the reassuring videos on… Continue reading
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A design for life?
How would you sum up the significance of DNA in a single sentence? When challenged by an Essex biology teacher in 1989, the DNA pioneer Francis Crick didn’t hesitate: As you may have noticed, 2009 is a major anniversary for… Continue reading