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As millions prepare to descend on the UK for the Olympic Games, CultureLab takes a look at the best science-related culture for the season

THE cultural side of London’s Olympic Games was harangued last month by Lord Winston, a prominent medic, in UK newspaper The Independent. The organisers of the Cultural Olympiad, he said, should “hang their heads in shame” at the lack of science in the four-year celebration. Fret not, there is plenty of science…

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