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Astrophysics, Little Green Men & Big Potatoes: Science is not just relevant, but critical for us all

Posted by Nick on Wed May 12, 2010 18:12pm

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Last week I attended the Science museum for a special evening focused on women in science. I'd recommend a visit to the museum during one of its evenings for adults, no children running around and there’s even a pub quiz.

I had the fortune to listen to a presentation by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the astrophysicist that discovered Pulsars (large stars that emit radio signals all the way to earth) age 23.

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2010: the death of command and control politics?

Posted by Chris on Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:15pm

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Yesterday, I was interviewed by Paul Mason, economics editor of BBC Newsnight, on why politicians are failing to connect with voters; the impact of social media and whether or not the current volatility in the British political system is a short term blip or will have lasting impact.

It was on the back of Paul's theory that the Blackberry world (that of politicians and those in power) is clashing with the iPhone world (society at large).

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You’re an absolute shower, man: even right-wingers are mystified by Cameron’s failure to grab the election agenda away from Brown

Posted by Helen on Thu Mar 11, 2010 17:50pm

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Dan Roberts, Guardian business editor, cut a lonely figure on the panel; the sole left-wing voice defiantly open-collared amid a row of immaculate Windsor knots. 

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