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Three events which together constitute the good, the bad and the ugly sides of a medical breakthrough
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The recent acquisition of Quorn by Premier Foods rekindles memories of one of the most audacious cases of industrial espionage.
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A scientist's love for a particular science can be as committed and irrational as a fan's love for a particular team
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Lord Kelvin's bucket technique was easily arranged - cloudy skies are the East Midland's forte after all, and I had a bin liner handy - but to no avail.
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Last Retort April 2005
It is almost 50 years since C P Snow first identified the rift between the 'two cultures' of the arts and the sciences
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Last September the RSC lost a much-valued member. Eric Voice probably had more intimate knowledge of plutonium than anyone alive in the UK today.
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The Last Retort: Chemical origins
I never cease to marvel at the number of eminent people in virtually every walk of life who started out as chemists.
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Physicists are lucky in that many of the fundamental principles of their subject have application in everyday life.
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The Last Retort: Sinigrin in the rain
It is part of Hollywood folklore that somebody was once raving to Ginger Rogers about what an amazing dancer her screen partner Fred Astaire was.
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The Last Retort: The house that Black built
Name the French-born chemist who founded pneumatic chemistry, introduced the limewater test for carbon dioxide, discovered an element and pioneered the study of thermodynamics.
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The Last Retort: Don't try this at home
One of the more extreme pieces of television from last year came in the form of the BBC documentary Bodysnatchers.
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The Last Retort: Fragrant bouquet
As an octogenarian, I was recently pondering some of the more interesting facets of my life in the field of metals chemistry.