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British Science Demands Funding For 'Innovation Revolution'

Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Tech
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Leaders of Britain's most eminent scientific bodies today urged the government to guarantee funding for research and innovation to help fuel Britain's...

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Sir Paul Nurse Plans 'Gentle Anarchy' for the World Leading Francis Crick Institute

Ellee Seymour | Posted 16.02.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Sir Paul Nurse, House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, Biotechnology, Francis Crick Institute, Royal Society, UK Science, UK Economy, UK Politics News
Ellee Seymour

'Gentle anarchy' and political diplomacy are the essential tools which Sir Paul Nurse is equipped with to drive forward Britain's agenda as a world le...

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Jessica Elgot

Filling In The Gender Gaps

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 19.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Wikipedia, Ada Lovelace Day, Women, UK News, Ada Lovelace, Women's Issues, Royal Society, UK Media, UK Women, Zoology, Women in Science, UK News

A marathon session of Wikipedia by a group of pioneering women in science aims to correct the staggering omissions of female scientists on the referen...

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A Factory for Scientific Heroines at the Royal Society of London

Uta Frith | Posted 15.12.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Royal Society, Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace Day, Women Role Models, Heroines of Science, Women in Science, Women Science, Heroes of Science, UK Tech News
Uta Frith

Eleanor Maguire is a scientific heroine. But she doesn't have a Wikipedia entry. How many more stars are there and why are they so hard to see? We may know some names and when we look them up in Wikipedia they are not there.

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Mass Wikipedia Edit To Re-Write History Of Women In Science

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 24.11.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Wikipedia, Science, UK News, Women's Issues, Ada Lovelace, Women in Science, Royal Society, UK Tech News

The Royal Society will attempt to give women in science more of their due credit next month, by staging a mass, co-ordinated edit of the online encycl...

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The Transit of Venus, From 1639 to 2611

Boris Jardine | Posted 05.08.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Australia, Transit 2611, Transit 2012, Captain Cook, Transit 1639, Royal Society, Transit 1761, Transit of Venus, Transit 1769, Jeremiah Horrocks, Mason-Dixon, UK Tech News
Boris Jardine

Unless you plan on living another 115 years, tonight is your last chance to see one of the most magical astronomical sights: the planet Venus passing across the face of the Sun.

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