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Wednesday 13 February 2013
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When were the musical revolutions and mass extinctions in the evolution of pop? Photograph: Rex Features
The Descent of Pop Project is investigating the evolution of pop music and they're looking for humans to lend their ears
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Tuesday 12 February 2013
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Mike Taylor: A one-off fee allows researchers to publish as many papers as they like. The first PeerJ articles appear today Continue reading...
Agile and cheap open-access publishers, led by PeerJ, make the traditional publishing model look a little dated. Photograph: Getty Images
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Friday 8 February 2013
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Generalisations about education based on supposed differences between boys' and girls' brains are unhelpful. Photograph: Frank Baron/Guardian
Kate Clancy and Chris Chambers: A parenting guide aimed at drawing more girls into science lacks evidence and promotes old-fashioned gender stereotypes
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One option being considered to put the Royal Institution on a sound financial footing is to sub-let or dispose of all or some of its Albemarle Street home. Photograph: Rex
Richard Sykes: Support and offers of help for the Royal Institution have been welcome, but must now be converted into action – and income
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Thursday 7 February 2013
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Mental health among lesbian, gay and bisexual people worsened in US states that banned gay marriage in 2004. Photograph: Susana Bates/Reuters
Qazi Rhaman: Research in the US suggests that allowing same-sex marriage improves the health of lesbian, gay and bisexual people
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Insights from biology and computing built upon Schrödinger's genius, changing our view of life forever. Photograph: Rick Sammon/AP
Matthew Cobb: Erwin Schrödinger introduced some of the most important concepts in biology, including the idea of a 'code' of life
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Wednesday 6 February 2013
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Holmes (Basil Rathbone) tackles a three-pipe problem in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939). Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Maria Konnikova, author of Mastermind, answered readers' questions about harnessing the brain's innate powers of 'deduction'
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Tuesday 5 February 2013
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Django (Jamie Foxx) and Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) in Django Unchained. Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar
James Poskett: Phrenology really was used to justify slavery, as portrayed in Django Unchained. But it was also used to justify abolition
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Thursday 31 January 2013
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The winners include a 3-D computer simulation of a beating heart, and the story of a single sperm's epic struggle to fertilise an egg
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Wednesday 30 January 2013
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A television company asked Dr Bertolt Meyer – who has a prosthetic arm – to rebuild himself in bionic form. Photograph: Channel 4
Corrinne Burns: Rex the bionic man shows how close technology is to catching up with – and exceeding – the abilities of the human body
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Friday 25 January 2013
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The Time & Space Restaurant at the Royal Institution. Millions were spent trying to attract the public through the Ri's doors. Photograph: Felix Clay for the Guardian
Phil Willis: The Ri's board deserve our thanks for trying to make it financially viable, but like them we must accept that it is time to move on
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Wednesday 23 January 2013
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Introducing morality into the debate about open access publishing runs the risk of demonising the most vulnerable victims of the current system. Photograph: Corbis
Chris Chambers: Labelling scientists who publish in traditional journals as 'immoral' only hinders the cause of open access publishing
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Tuesday 22 January 2013
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A Monopoly set but no pardon. Turing hasn't completely won the UK's top people over.
The chair of the Alan Turing Year celebrations, Prof S. Barry Cooper, comes up for air after a well-deserved break. Much was celebrated, he says, but more remains to be done
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Friday 18 January 2013
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It is important to know why tobacco taxation policies have stalled. Photograph: Alamy
Jason Fletcher: My research suggests that genetic differences may be partially responsible for people's response to tobacco taxes
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Thursday 17 January 2013
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Crabs are often killed and prepared without any regard for whether they feel pain. Photograph: Rosemary Calvert/Getty Images
Ryan O'Hare: New research shows that crabs can learn to avoid an electric shock, but does that mean they experience pain?
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