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I have a review of James Gleick's new book in the Observer today. Here it is. He does an enviable job, on the whole - this is better t...

I have written a news story and a leader for Nature on a new paper examining the notion that there are universal grammatical principles ...

Here’s the pre-edited text of my review for Nature of a new play about Isaac Newton, which I saw recently at the Royal Society and enjoy...

The Naked Scientists is (are?) running a series of podcasts called The Naked Oceans. The latest one has an interview with me about Ernst ...

Here’s my latest news story for Nature, pre-editing. _______________________________________________________________ A disorderly envir...

Here’s my latest story for Nature News. __________________________________________________________ Huge molecules can show the wave-par...

With the fallout from the MMR scare still with us, t his programme on BBC Radio 4 is a timely reminder of the issues. “Science betrayed”...

I have reviewed the National Theatre’s production of Frankenstein in the latest issue of Nature . Worth seeing (though if you haven’t got ...

Here’s a little news story I wrote for Nature on the Abel Prize. This award presents a notoriously challenging subject for science repo...

Here’s my latest news story for Nature. Eduardo Miranda is working very much at the experimental edge of electronic music – what I’ve h...

Attending a planning meeting for the forthcoming Elements event at the Wellcome Institute on 8 April prompts me to advertise it. I can c...

I have an Opinion piece in Saturday’s Times prompted by research being pursued by the Newcastle embryology team. No point in giving the lin...

I have reviewed  for  Nature the thriller Spiral by nanotech expert Paul McEuen. It is somewhat formulaic but great fun. One could quib...

If you’ve been hearing rumours that alien life forms have been found, here’s the story, as I reported for Nature News. It’s a strange un...

Here’s a little piece I wrote for Nature news. To truly appreciate this stuff you need to take a look at the slideshow . There will be a...