Heatwaves and hope
Climate scientist Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick knows more than most about the scorching summers of t...
When I call Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick early one morning, our conversation naturally starts with the weather. For Perk...
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Interview: Seeing the light in Hamburg
Biomedical engineer Kathryn Margery Spiers.
Kathryn Margery Spiers is an Australian scientist at PETRA III, the high-brilliance third generation synchrotron radi...
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People should organise independent tests for medical marijuana
Ben Goldacre sees no reason why cannabis trials need be conducted only by scientists.
Randomised clinical trials led and organised by patients might be an excellent way to test claims made for medical ma...
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The problem with eyewitness testimony
Could you be convinced of a crime that never happened?
Eyewitness testimony in a criminal trial assumes that a person’s memory is reliable and accurate. But scientists now...