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Robin Ince's Blog
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More of What I’ve Been Reading on Tour – Robin Ince
Robin Ince is on tour, which means lots of time on trains, which means lots of time for reading. Here's what he's recently enjoyed.
Blog in a Teacup
Helen Czerski Blog
Bringing Oden Back With Me – Helen Czerski
I arrived home 72 hours ago, and it still doesn’t feel quite real. Helen is back in London after almost 10 weeks in the ice.
Brain Yapping
Dean Burnett Blog
Tissue of Lies: were Kleenex right to drop the ‘Mansize’ label? – Dean Burnett
Tissue of lies: were Kleenex right to drop the ‘Mansize’ label? Do men actually need their own dedicated tissues? Dr Dean Burnett sees what the science says in this pressing issue.
Postcards from the Energy Frontier
Jon Butterworth Blog
The Tenth Anniversary of ‘Big Bang Day’ – Jon Butterworth
Ten years ago it was Wednesday, and at 10:28 in the morning Geneva time the first protons had just made the 27 km journey through the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Prof Jon Butterworth on the tenth anniversary of switching the LHC on.
Sifting the Evidence
Dr Suzi Gage's Blog
Could Cannabis Be Used to Treat Psychosis? – Dr Suzi Gage
Today is World Mental Health day and Dr Suzi Gage uses her first post at Cosmic Shambles to investigate whether canabis could be used to help treat psychosis.
Lost in a Good Game
Pete Etchells Blog
Video Games are Dying – Pete Etchells
Pete Etchells has been thinking a lot about dying lately. Old blog networks, video games...
Dirty Science
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Archaeologists Don’t Dig Dinosaurs – Dr Brenna Hassett
Archaeologist Dr Brenna Hassett calling out Jurassic era reasons for the "lack of women" in science.
Notes in the Guestbook
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The Voice of Space – Marcus Chown
The black hole merger detected by its gravitational waves on 14 September 2015 pumped out 50 times more power than all the stars in the Universe combined. Guest blogger Dr Marcus Chown writes for us.
Vitriola Music
Michael Legge's Blog
Melody Lives in Scotland – Michael Legge
Melody Lives in Scotland Vitriola Music Shambles by Michael Legge In his first post of his new...
White Coats at Dawn
Dr Jenny Rohn's Blog
We’ve Been Strumia’d – Now What? – Dr Jenny Rohn
It’s been about a week since physics professor Alessandro Strumia revealed his flimsily supported “proof” that women aren’t as good as men at physics to a bewildered audience of early-career researchers at CERN. Jenny Rohn's first post for the CSN.
An Inquiring Mind
Ginny Smith Blog
They’re Adding Folic Acid to Flour. So What? – Ginny Smith
This week, the story broke that the UK government would begin adding folic acid to flour, to help prevent neural tube defects in new-borns. As someone who spends a reasonable amount of time on social media, Ginny Smith wasn’t surprised to see there was an instant backlash.
Tissue of Lies: were Kleenex right to drop the ‘Mansize’ label? – Dean Burnett
Tissue of lies: were Kleenex right to drop the ‘Mansize’ label? Do men actually need their own dedicated tissues? Dr Dean Burnett sees what the science says in this pressing issue.
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They’re Adding Folic Acid to Flour. So What? – Ginny Smith
This week, the story broke that the UK government would begin adding folic acid to flour, to help prevent neural tube defects in new-borns. As someone who spends a reasonable amount of time on social media, Ginny Smith wasn’t surprised to see there was an instant backlash.
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When Do Scientists Start Believing Their Own Bulls**t?
If prominent scientists are supposed to be superior intellects, why do they so often start spouting utter bilge, sometimes in self-destructive ways? Dr Dean Burnett investigates.
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The Voice of Space – Marcus Chown
The black hole merger detected by its gravitational waves on 14 September 2015 pumped out 50 times more power than all the stars in the Universe combined. Guest blogger Dr Marcus Chown writes for us.
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More of What I’ve Been Reading on Tour – Robin Ince
Robin Ince is on tour, which means lots of time on trains, which means lots of time for reading. Here’s what he’s recently enjoyed.
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