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The brutal oppression of the Nerds and the Geeks
11 Sep 2014: Dean Burnett: The use of the term ‘nerd’ doesn’t quite match the terrible history of the ‘N-word’, despite what some people might say
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8 Sep 2014:
The British Science Festival has long frustrated people as more about PR than debate. In 1970, activists decided to shake things up and staged an intervention.
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Guardian Professional, 30 Aug 2014: Biosense co-founder says the internet and mobile phones could help the poorest people find solutions for their own problems
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29 Aug 2014:
The new head of the EU Commission is being challenged over whether to continue with the post of EU Chief Scientific Adviser. Doug Parr explains why
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24 Aug 2014: Katharine Hodgkin finds Adam Ganz’s play about her grandmother’s relationship with Margaret Thatcher an uncomfortable listen
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22 Aug 2014: Henry Roth: A student’s science project may have provided the key to saving the lives of athletes who have a potentially fatal heart condition
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20 Aug 2014:
Dean Burnett: Yet another look at what great moments in science would have looked like if they happened via Twitter
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17 Aug 2014:
Clinical psychologist and writer whose work focused on the damaging effects of an unequal society
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13 Aug 2014: A new play explores one of the most intriguing friendships in the history of science and politics: Margaret Thatcher and Dorothy Hodgkin. Alice Bell spoke to playwright Adam Ganz
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13 Aug 2014:
Maryam Mirzakhani, who was born and raised in Iran, has been awarded the highest honour a mathematician can attain
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10 Aug 2014: Alice Bell: Yet enough profile of Susan Greenfield feels the need to dwell on her ‘long, youthfully blond hair’. Why are the media so rubbish at covering women in science?
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7 Aug 2014: Rachel Carson faced gender-based slurs on her work in the 1960s but, 50 years on, why does the Royal Society still struggle to invite women to talk about her legacy?
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6 Aug 2014:
Alice Bell: The Royal Society has advertised for a professorship in public engagement with science. This makes a mockery of both science and science communication expertise
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31 Jul 2014:
Planner with a vision of how people's lives would change – and cities with them
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30 Jul 2014: Campaigner and researcher into genetic conditions
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21 Jul 2014:
One of the world's top HIV/Aids researchers and prominent pioneer of antiretroviral therapy
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