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I am the Editor of New Scientist, the world's leading science and technology weekly. Here is the latest issue:
- E. coli engineered to make convenient 'drop-in' biofuel
- Today on New Scientist: 29 July 2010
- Galapagos off the Danger List – but why?
- Satellite quantum communication circles closer
- Phytoplankton in decline: bye bye food chain?
- Inside TRAK: a new robot shows us how we think
- Spinning black holes could expose exotic particles
- Doctor gagged for doubting shaken baby syndrome
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what makes my blood boil...
Bacteria
Bacteria. A worldwide war is waged every day based on the simple premise that all bacteria are bad and must be killed. But you should put down that antibacterial wipe and learn to love your bugs. After all, you are hybrid that consists of only about 10 per cent human cells. The collective bacterial genome that lurks within you is so large that it contains between 60 and 100 times as many genes as your human genome. Up to 100 trillion microbes, representing ...
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Miscellaneous
My Christmas Lecture 2007
Celebrity Video Interviews
- Sir David Attenborough, and others
- Sir Richard Branson
- Larry Brilliant
- David Cameron
- Richard Dawkins
- Baroness Greenfield
- Raj Persaud
- Chris Stringer
Special Projects
- My kitchen experiments
- Cheltenham Science Festival
- FameLab A kind of 'Pop Idol' of science, even 'Boff Idol'!
- Science Writer The science writer competition for young people, which I set up in 1987
- Visions of Science and Technology. A science photography competition
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