Chris Hewson

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16 October 2026 22:04

"It might be true, but it doesn’t always need to be said out loud" is the precursor to about 80% of the wrongness in the world.

Will Ratcliff

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16 October 2026 20:51

1/ There are a ton of cool papers coming out on evolutionary transitions in individuality right now! Here are five recent ones I've really enjoyed, spanning Snowball Earth, volvocine algae, plasmids that fuse into a new individual, the relatives of animals, and... water kefir

Robin Bisson

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16 October 2026 19:12

Delighted to find out that Andy Burnham isn't the only minister with industrial trade press pedigree Turns out the science minister Chris McDonald was editor of Millenium Steel: "the leading review of advanced process technology worldwide" His ministerial interests say he's stepped down though :(

Moby Dick

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16 October 2026 19:05

And with what quill did the Secretary of the Society for the Suppression of Cruelty to Ganders formally indite his circulars?

Philip Ball

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14 October 2026 21:33

Some months ago I had a nice chat with Michael Upshall about science writing and publishing. Here it is. (The misspelling of my name is being dealt with!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksv-...