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March 22, 2016
How to Save the World Even if You’re Not a Scientist
Do you know which animal is the biggest killer of humans? The lowly mosquito. This blood sucking predator is responsible for the deaths of approx. 725,000 people annually. Humans takes second place in killing other humans at 475,000. Snakes come in a distant third at 50,000. But let’s look on the bright side. between 1990 … Read more
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March 15, 2016
Get Thinking: Celebrate Science Week with Kids
It’s British Science Week and a perfect time to think about, talk about and explore science in the everyday world with our kids. If children only understand science as a subject at school, we run the risk of them perceiving science as something at which they are either good, bad or just ok. They get … Read more
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March 8, 2016
Massaging the Data: How Money, Competition and Ego Put the Scientific Process at Risk
Some of the most blatant examples of scientific fraud in recent years have come out of the biomedical field of stem cell research. Hwang Woo-suk, at one time known as “the pride of (South) Korea,” became infamous for fabricating a series of experiments published in the journal Science in 2004 and 2005 where he reported to … Read more