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20.02.2015 14:41
Career advancement is often described
metaphorically as a pipeline. In many
fields – law, film, business, journalism and
academia, to name just a few – the pipeline
leaks. And most of all, it leaks women. As
we move further along the career path, we
usually find an increasing percentage of
men and...
20.02.2015 14:36
I became a scientist on 26 October 1980 on
the floor of the family room in the house
where I grew up. I had just turned nine
years old and my conversion was prompted
by a broadcast of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos.
The episode, hauntingly titled Blues for a
Red Planet, summarised human
exploration of Mars,...
20.02.2015 14:33
I have always been in awe of the night sky,
trying to comprehend the vastness of space
and the countless wonders it contains. But
I have always felt a certain dissatisfaction
with only being able to see it at a distance.
One day I imagine that humanity will be
able to visit other planets in the...
20.02.2015 14:31
On my desk I keep a copy of Feminine
Forever, a book promoting hormone
replacement therapy (HRT), published in
1966, by Robert A Wilson. On the front, it
proclaims that it is “a fully documented
discussion of one of medicine’s most
revolutionary breakthroughs – the
discovery that the menopause is...
20.02.2015 14:29
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world
wide web, discusses his early career at
CERN and how the web evolved from its
initial concept.
Watch the full interview with Sir Tim in
our 'Where I Went Right' video interactive,
which also features three more films
exploring the formative moments in...
20.02.2015 14:27
Damage to skin cells continues for hours
after spending time in the sun, according
to research that uncovers a new link
between sun exposure and cancer.
The discovery that some of the most
serious damage to skin cells may be
occurring in the dark raises the prospect of
new “evening after” lotions...
20.02.2015 14:26
Malaria with total resistance to the
antimalarial drug artemisinin has taken
hold in Burma and spread close to the
border with India, threatening to render
crucial medicines useless, scientists have
warned.
If the resistant parasite reached India it
would pose a serious threat to the chances
of...
20.02.2015 14:24
Norman Doidge is a Canadian psychiatrist
on the faculty of both the University of
Toronto and of Columbia University in
New York.
He started out as a poet and a student of
philosophy, before moving into psychiatry.
He authored guidelines for the practice of
intensive psychotherapy, before working...
20.02.2015 14:13
I read the news of the proposed one-way
trip to Mars for up to 40 lucky Earthlings
with curious fascination. First, I browsed
through the 100 candidates who had made
the shortlist. Of course there was a
Nigerian, a certain Ighodalo whose upbeat
personableness came across well in his
application...
20.02.2015 14:11
The Grimsby UKIP candidate Victoria
Ayling recently asked the following
question at a public debate: what happens
when renewable energy runs out? This
resulted in much amusement and mockery,
suggesting that Ayling isn’t familiar with
the properties of renewable energy. Or a
dictionary.
But is this...
