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Author Archives: Philip Strange
Sympathy or schadenfreude? – the ENCODE consortium gets the hatchet job.
A paper was published earlier this week making an extraordinary attack on the integrity of the work of the ENCODE consortium, an international group studying the human genome. Scientists don’t normally go in for this type of public blood letting, … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts, Uncategorized
Tagged Dan Graur, DNA, ENCODE, Hatchet Job of the Year, human genome, Rachel Cusk
2 Comments
The “bute” in horsemeat
The horsemeat scandal in Europe continues to surprise and shock. Henry Gee has written about the controversy for this site and for Occam’s Corner but I wanted to comment on one of the safety issues. It seems that a drug, … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts, Uncategorized
Tagged butazolidine, bute, bute in horsemeat, horsemeat, human consumption of horsemeat, phenylbutazone
10 Comments
Mind your language
I enjoy going to art galleries. I enjoy looking at art and I can recall vividly the thrill of seeing the “Impressionists” in Paris for the first time. For me, visiting a gallery is still something of an occasion and … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts, Science Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged contemporary art, language, science policy, understanding of science
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On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, eight waxwings trilling ……
I’ve had bird books for many years: pocket-sized books with pictures and descriptions of the common British birds. Not that I am a bird enthusiast. I just want to be able to identify the birds around me. If I am … Continue reading
The truth about pesticides and bees?
Each week Riverford Organic delivers a vegetable box to our door. Nestling among the mosaic of vegetables is a newsletter from the Riverford boss, Guy Watson. This summer he has moaned, justifiably, about the state of the weather and the … Continue reading
Let’s hear it for Thomas Newcomen!
I first heard of Thomas Newcomen soon after we moved to the West Country. I’d been looking around for the names of famous scientists from Devon and quickly came across Newcomen. I was surprised to find out that a man … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts
Tagged dartmouth, james watt, newcomen, steam power, thomas newcomen
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