As I wrote last week, a cellular automaton is a computational system with two components: an ordered array of cells and a set of rules that determines the state of […]
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“I head to Glasgow an optimist,” John Kerry tells students at LSE
In an inspiring speech to students at the London School of Economics (LSE), John Kerry, United States special presidential envoy for climate, spelt out the urgency of tackling climate change—“the […]
Richard Smith: An old man attempts day one of the Ride for Their Lives
When I leave Clapham soon after dawn to join the Ride For Their Lives, I’m not entirely sure where I’m going, although I know it’s “at the back of King’s […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Cellular automata
A cellular automaton is a computational system with two components: an ordered array of cells, such as on a Go board, and a set of rules that determines the state […]
Academic medicine and publishing from developing countries
Samiran Nundy, Atul Kakar, and Zulfi Bhutta have published a book titled How to Practice Academic Medicine and Publish from Developing Countries? A Practical Guide. It’s a book that will […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Snowflakes
I love snowflakes. I enjoy crunching them underfoot on a crisp winter’s day and the silky feeling that you get when skiing through a fresh fall. The word “snowflake” entered […]
Chris Ham: Dithering and delays hampered the UK’s covid-19 response
A major report from a year-long joint inquiry by the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee and Science and Technology Committee offers a forensic analysis of six aspects […]
“Following the science,” but was it the right science? A Parliamentary report raises serious questions about the UK’s covid-19 response
A new report from two House of Commons committees highlights the UK’s failed pandemic response. Martin McKee unpicks the findings […]
Exercise Alice: the UK government tested the response to a coronavirus, but why are we only discovering this now?
If we don’t seem to have learned much from Exercise Alice, what can we learn from the attempts to conceal it, asks Martin McKee […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Stereoisomerism
This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been won by David MacMillan at Princeton and Benjamin List at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Muelheim an der Ruhr. They developed a […]