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- June 2011
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- Mental Exercises - British Science Association News June 2012
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- Two Views: Should our NHS records be used for research?
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- Open Space: Making the right mistakes
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- Sounding Off: Direct our rage!
- Tales from the water cooler: June 2012
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- March 2010
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- March 2012
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- Long on promise, short on delivery
- National Science and Engineering Week: a platform for public dialogue?
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- September 2009
- A new ethical challenge?
- An engineer's view of applications
- Avoiding unnecessary controversy
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- My conversion to public engagement
- People are cautious but positive
- Research into sustainable development
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- September 2010
- Colouring the molecular world
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- Extracts from the Reith Lectures
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- Synthia: do we need another Asilomar conference?
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- Who Am I?
- Seeing satellite data
- Spending cuts – to public engagement?
- The ash crisis
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- September 2011
- Child’s play?
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- Impartiality and the BBC’s science coverage
- Public engagement and the private sector
- Regular items: September 2011
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- Engaging patients
- Genetic tests for the public: are they worthwhile?
- Is the secondary science curriculum fit for purpose?
- Knowledge should be of practical value
- Mind the gap
- Opinion: September 2011
- Present pleasures and future projects
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- Stem cell vision
- Synbio film competition
- Tackling pseudoscience
- Tales from the water cooler
- The end of Departmental Chief Scientists?
- The L’Aquila earthquake
- September 2012
- Welcome from the editor, September 2012
- Doing the right thing
- Regular items: September 2012
- British Science Association News: Competitions and exploration
- Government News: Land of open-ness and glory
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- Open access: how much would it promote public engagement?
- Opinion: September 2012
- The value of surprise in public engagement
- STEM and disability
- Public input into global politics
- Engagement: Actual or accredited?
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- STEM in Parliament: Invest in the data gold rush!
- Is there a science communication community?
- Tales from the water cooler: September 2012
- ESOF 2012
- Science in feature films
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- Ripples in the northwest cosmos
- Rothamsted: Listen and learn
- Resolving the GM stand-off
- Encouraging Somalis to opt for science
- December 2012
- Bad science and bad politics
- A more ethical approach to science
- Biohackers on the rise
- Communicating science in developing countries
- Games are good for public engagement
- Muslims and creationism
- Regular items
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- How accurate is science journalism?
- Lords Reform was a distraction
- Open space: Stop being frightened
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- Should we send astronauts to Mars?
- Sounding off: Political affliation predicts scientific opinion
- Science in the greater picture
- Sciencewise is expanding
- That’s entertainment!
- What the public want to know about science in business
- March 2013
- A scientific view of non-scientific beliefs
- Debating mitochondria replacement
- Is there a global crisis in science journalism?
- Making it real
- Public science at CERN
- Regular items: March 2013
- Animal experimentation
- Crucial to success
- Demonstrators as bullies
- Journalists: Get critical
- MP Pairing Scheme
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- Our relationship with experts
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- Roland's leaving party
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- Spread information, not weapons
- Taking science personally
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