All Arts articles – Page 16
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Review
Strange chemistry: the stories your chemistry teacher wouldn’t tell you
Jamie Durrani reviews a book on chemistry you are unlikely to encounter in the classroom
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Making the monster: the science behind Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
A book that delves into the backstory of a sci-fi horror classic
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The element in the room: science-y stuff staring you in the face
The Festival of the Spoken Nerd goes from stage to page
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Research
Picasso bronzes tracked back to Parisian foundry
Elemental analysis enabled researchers to delve into art history
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Review
Festival of the spoken nerd: just for graphs
Yuandi Li reviews the science stand-up trio’s touring show. But was their performance off the charts?
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Research
Sniffing out museums' decaying plastic artefacts
Analysing volatile compounds may help museums protect old celluloid film and other polymer heritage items
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Review
Caesar’s last breath: the epic story of the air around us
An atmospheric read for Catriona Clarke
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Testosterone rex: unmaking the myths of our gendered minds
Katrina Krämer discovers the flawed science underpinning our attitudes to men and women
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Opinion
How to spot fake scientific instruments
Is this a 16th century astrolabe, or a modern-day forgery?
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News
A picture speaks a thousand words in new scientific journal
Illustrations will explain the latest research in an accessible way
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Review
Venom: killer and cure
Emma Stoye reviews a celebration of toxic critters large and small at London’s Natural History Museum
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You must be very intelligent: the PhD delusion
Philippa Matthews reviews a semi-autobiographical account of a PhD student in the UK
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The salt fix: why the experts got it all wrong and how eating more might save your life
A book with a controversial message. But Yuandi Li asks if it’s too good to be true
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More molecules of murder
Aurora Walshe reviews a book that walks the line between morbid and fascinating
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The secret science of superheroes
Aurora Walshe reviews a book that will make you laugh like an evil genius
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Exhibition: codebreakers and groundbreakers
A chance to read Alan Turing’s school reports and see an Enigma machine borrowed from GCHQ
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Adapt: how we can learn from nature’s strangest inventions
Laura Fisher reviews a tale of bio-inspired technology
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Not a scientist: how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science
A book that looks critically at the way science is treated by policymakers, reviewed by Susan Vickers
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Feature
Illuminating manuscript treasures
Rachel Brazil takes a look at the Fitzwilliam Museum’s illuminated manuscripts and learns their scientific stories