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There was never any prospect that my article in New Statesman on genes, intelligence and education would wrap up everything so nicely that...

In February I had the pleasure of meeting Jem Finer, the founder of the Longplayer project, to discuss the “music of the future” at this eve...

Dana Smith has written a nice article for Undark about whether science journalists should or should not show drafts or quotes to their sci...

The Twitter discussion sparked by this poll was very illuminating. There’s a clear sense that scientists largely think they should be entit...

I wrote a piece for the Guardian on what we might expect in science, and what some of the big issues will be, in 2018. It was originally s...

This article on Last Word On Nothing by Cassandra Willyard brought about a fascinating debate – at least if you’re a science writer or have...

There’s something thrilling about how, five centuries ago, the rebel monk Martin Luther defied his accusers. At a council (‘Diet’) in the Ge...

This is the introduction to a forthcoming Chinese edition of my book Bright Earth . ______________________________________________________...

It’s interesting now to go back (such a long time ago!) and read the White Paper released by the UK government in February on exiting the E...