Philip Ball
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OpinionMaking light of bioluminescence
Glowing may be a side-effect of a very different original purpose
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Viewing science as a meritocracy allows prejudice to persist
Tomáš Hudlický’s opinions are abhorrent but disturbingly familiar
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Molecular dynamics used to simulate 100 million atoms
At the point of simulating bulk matter
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Arbitrary questions don’t count as education
Students should be encouraged to do more than regurgitate what they are told
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The chemical absurdity of molecular recognition
Many biological models rely on an agency that molecules lack
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Frances Arnold’s retraction and the case for slow science
Frances Arnold’s masterful retraction highlights the problems with publication-driven science
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Breaking the carbon cycle
Focusing on new technologies to tackle climate change could allow policymakers to dodge their own responsibilities
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Chemical computers question the logic of life
Circuits of chemicals could carry out calculations
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Machine-learning Mendeleevs have rediscovered the periodic table
Exposing new dimensions in the relationships between elements
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What happens when life has a limited vocabulary?
The longest synthetic genome shows us life is more complicated than just learning your AGCs
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Storytelling matters in science
Communicating ideas needs a narrative to get the point across
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Does science need democracy to flourish?
Evidence shows good work can survive even the harshest regimes
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Whose periodic table is it anyway?
Dmitri Mendeleev’s table was not the first – but it’s the one that matters
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