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Derek Lowe
An opportunity ignored
Dismissing ideas that were ‘not invented here’ is like walking past a $100 bill
Make room for randomness in drug development
Setting free the dark horses sometimes beats the most rational planning
Making enough of a difference
What if the needle in the drug development haystack ends up being too small to be useful?
Unpicking a clinical trial death
A new study shows up off-target effects of a drug that proved deadly, and highlights the pitfalls of drug discovery
Philip Ball
Isn't it ironic?
What has rhetoric ever done for us, asks Philip Ball
Does the Nobel prize still matter?
Outmoded, capricious and burdened with obligations – so why does everybody want one?
A 3D periodic table?
Molecular frameworks could offer whole new perspectives on our chemical world
Molecules react to their environment
Does adaptation lead to a molecular Darwinism?
Trace analysis
The murderers who dress to kill
Clothing that is literally to die for
The great art forgery blunder
Indian yellow is a pigment often used to spot fake art. But what if the reference standard was wrong?
