All articles by Patrick Walter – Page 3
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Review
How to Grow a Human: Adventures in Who We Are and How We Are Made
Is an organ grown from stem cells human? And what rights – if any – should a it have? These are questions Philip Ball – who many might know as Chemistry World columnist – explores in his new book.
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Opinion
How can we tackle fake science news?
Complex topics make bogus research news even harder to tackle – but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try
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News
Queen’s speech reveals new research agency planned for UK
Government plans transformative research body based on US’s Arpa to deliver new technologies
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News
Live blog: lithium-ion batteries take the 2019 chemistry Nobel prize
We covered the 2019 Nobel prize announcement as it happened
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Article
The data behind the Nobel prizes
We’ve looked at over 100 years of data behind who and what wins the Nobel prize
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Opinion
Does the higher education review augur well for universities?
Political winds are buffeting higher education once more
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Opinion
Gene-editing put in the spotlight
What now after a rogue geneticist has created the first genetically modified humans?
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News
It's time peer reviewers got some love
Proper recognition of the vital role referees play is overdue
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Opinion
The ban-wagon rolls on
YouTube’s removal of chemistry videos demonstrates a lack of scientific understanding that will only hurt budding scientists
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Opinion
Suffering students: mental health in academia
We can all play a part in promoting good student mental health
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Review
The element in the room: science-y stuff staring you in the face
The Festival of the Spoken Nerd goes from stage to page