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‘I taught my local restaurant how to make noodles’

In Situ - Maki Kawai, portrait illustration

Maki Kawai: 'Researchers in Japan should speak English'

In Situ - Peter Atkins, portrait illustration

'I used to have a golden Rolls Royce...'

Helen Sharman portrait illustration

Helen Sharman: 'I remember the last view I had of the Earth...'

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'I feel like a chemical Peter Pan'

Malika Jeffries-El, portrait illustration

Malika Jeffries-EL: Pineapple does not belong on pizza!

George Smoot

'Beyoncé's assistant helped me star on The Big Bang Theory...'

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In situ with Tomas Lindahl

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Kurt Wüthrich: Nobel prize-winning footballer

Jean-Pierre Sauvage illustration

'You'd be surprised about my taste in music!'

  • ‘I taught my local restaurant how to make noodles’

  • Maki Kawai: 'Researchers in Japan should speak English'

  • 'I used to have a golden Rolls Royce...'

  • Helen Sharman: 'I remember the last view I had of the Earth...'

  • 'I feel like a chemical Peter Pan'

  • Malika Jeffries-EL: Pineapple does not belong on pizza!

  • 'Beyoncé's assistant helped me star on The Big Bang Theory...'

  • In situ with Tomas Lindahl

  • Kurt Wüthrich: Nobel prize-winning footballer

  • 'You'd be surprised about my taste in music!'

Diversity and opportunity ▶

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Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

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Philippa Matthews reviews Caroline Criado Perez’s new book

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Making a meme of it

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Shared cultural knowledge can be both boon and bondage

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Half of Britons wish they’d pursued a career in science

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Survey finds that many don’t think they are clever enough to work in a Stem field

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Mind the funding gap

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Understanding science’s diversity problem is the first step to fixing it 

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Ethics

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US university agrees $112.5 million settlement in misconduct lawsuit

Alleged falsification of data has already led to 17 retractions

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Leading geneticists call for worldwide moratorium on creation of gene-edited children

Five-year pause would give nations breathing space following the birth of the first genetically-modified children in November

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Should I help make fullerenes if people are going to eat them?

The ethics of getting involved in products with unproven claims

Safety

On the spot keyboard contamination

On the spot: keyboard contamination

What would you do if your hands are red and itchy after returning from the lab?

Olive oil

Aniline

How an early synthetic dye chemical came to play a role in a mysterious disease outbreak in 1980s Spain

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Lab safety challenges persist 10 years after Sheri Sangji’s death

Survey reveals that safety is taken seriously at top US universities but worrying gaps still remain

On the spot

On the spot keyboard contamination

On the spot: keyboard contamination

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On the spot: corrosive collapse

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On the spot: warming fire

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On the spot: a question of authorship

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