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Rational thinking is saving antibiotics – it could work on Brexit too

Rational thinking is saving antibiotics – it could work on Brexit too

17 January 2019

The turning of the tide in the fight against bacterial resistance to antibiotics shows the benefits of clear thinking and leadership, and it could work for Brexit too
Let’s embrace the joy of moonmoons and more playful scientific terms

Let’s embrace the joy of moonmoons and more playful scientific terms

16 October 2018

Some say the astronomical term moonmoon makes light of a serious field of study, but it seems a shame to abandon it for po-faced alternatives
It has been a good/bad week for women in physics

It has been a good/bad week for women in physics

2 October 2018

At last, a third Nobel, but it has been a decidedly mixed week for female physicists

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