Posted by Andrew Wadge on 11 May 2012 in Science in Government
The big news in the move towards making publicly-funded research open and free, is the recruitment of Wikipedia co-founder, Jimmy Wales. He is tasked with helping the Government deliver its commitment to make all taxpayer funded academic research in Britain available online.
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Posted by Terrence Collis on 04 May 2012 in Science, safety and health
After reading that the chances of James Bond dodging the 4,662 bullets fired at him during his film career and surviving is close to zero, I came to the conclusion that the storylines might not be based on reality and certainly aren’t evidence-based. But after recovering from that shocking revelation, my eye was drawn across the page of the New Scientist to a story titled ‘Bug wash’.
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Posted by Andrew Wadge on 26 April 2012 in New initiatives
The topic of rising food prices seems to have been in the headlines almost daily for the past few years, but the recent change in tone shows that these increases are now hitting the consumer. Today’s headline is that over the past year the number of emergency food parcels that Britain’s leading food bank is giving out has doubled – a worrying trend.
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Posted by Terrence Collis on 23 April 2012 in General interest
‘Thou shall commit adultery’ – what a different world it would be if we were to follow the 10 commandments of the Wicked Bible. This typo in the 1631 edition of the Bible is still a classic example of how the omission of a word can completely change the meaning of a sentence. A lesson the Mail on Sunday would do well to revisit!
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Posted by Andrew Wadge on 04 April 2012 in Science, safety and health
For most of us, a bout of food poisoning – though extremely unpleasant – is inconvenient rather than life threatening. But those with suppressed immune systems, whether due to illness, chronic disease, medication, increasing age or pregnancy, are more likely to suffer from food poisoning and also to suffer serious consequences as a result.
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Posted by Andrew Wadge on 27 March 2012 in Science, safety and health
We know that how businesses manage risk is influenced by a whole host of internal and external pressures, such as food regulations, consumers, insurance, media and also by pressures within the business. But which have the most impact?
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