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  • Dr Kevin Fong

    Science Weekly podcast: Dr Kevin Fong on the body under extremes

    Audio (39min 55sec) Kevin Fong discusses his new book Extremes about the connection between the human capacity to explore extreme environments and medical understanding of our physiology

  • New wave of 'superbugs' poses dire threat, says chief medical officer

    Antibiotics

    Warning over rising death toll as antibiotics fail to tackle rising incidence of 'gram negative' bacterial diseases

  • Derek Geldart obituary

    Derek Geldart

    Professor of chemical engineering whose Geldart Fluidisation Diagram is used worldwide

  • Tooth replacement in prospect after scientists grow teeth from mouse cells

    A dentist examines a patient's teeth with a mirror

    Researchers say hybrid of human gum cells and mouse stem cells raises possibility of growing new teeth on patient's jaw

  • Scientists find new kind of bacterial life in hidden Antarctic lake

    Lake Vostok research camp

    Mysterious organism is discovered in samples from Lake Vostok, buried under two miles of ice

  • 2013 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize

    Tim Radford on science writing: 'Don't be afraid to ask simple questions'

    A space rocket

    Our blog to accompany the 2013 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize asks top science writers about their craft. First up, former Guardian science editor Tim Radford

  • Tim Radford on how to be a science writer – video

    As the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2013 launches, former Guardian science editor Tim Radford explains his approach to writing, and why journalists should be careful not to take science too seriously

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