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Category Archives: Science policy
If you can’t march, write
I’m afraid I am not going to make it to the “Science is Vital” march on Saturday, so as a penance I have done two things today – spammed all my work colleagues (again) with an email exhorting them to … Continue reading
Posted in Science policy, Uncategorized
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The grass may be green somewhere, but the blue skies here look pretty dark
The science Interwebz here in the UK have been abuzz today with reaction to Vince Cable’s statements on this morning’s Radio 4 Today programme (listen here). Cable’s remarks were a trail to a speech he is delivering today, his first … Continue reading
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Public engagement: or “Why all scientists should do some”
Another brief despatch from the Physiology 2010 meeting. Last night I went along to a really excellent public science lecture by Nancy Rothwell – or Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell FRS, to be more formal about it – on “Tracking down … Continue reading
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Simon Singh vs. the chiropractors: today in court
Noted British science writer Simon Singh was in the High Court today for an Appeal Hearing, the latest stage of his long-running legal battle with the British Chiropractic Association (BCA). The hearing today was before a very senior panel of … Continue reading
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