Earlier today a young couple got married in London and, to celebrate the occasion, we all got the day off work. I arrived at the...

What follows below is my original editorial column for the Laboratorytalk weekly newsletter, 30 March 2011. It was deemed too controversial to use. A rare...

I have been known to shout at the television. I know it doesn’t help, but it makes me feel better. I was certainly doing so...

Embargoes are a tricky topic for me, as for many journalists. They exist, ostensibly, to enable us to research a story before it becomes ‘officially’...

It isn’t April Fools Day, I’ve checked. So the press release this morning promoting a new cosmetic product is, presumably, genuine. It promises a ‘botox...

This looks like being quite a week in the search for extraterrestrial life. Today the European Southern Observatory has released details of the first analysis...

The following is my original Laboratorytalk editor’s column from 9 December 2009.  Don’t you love it when new research overturns a fact so widely understood...

The following is my original Laboratorytalk editor’s column from 13 October 2010. Automation, whether in the laboratory or on the factory floor, has been sold...

I’ve been greatly enjoying the unfolding Wanky Balls saga initiated by Kat Arney this week. Kat is a fellow science writer, a scientist, and a...

I’m sure that most journalists will confirm that feedback from readers is really appreciated, especially when it is favourable. So I was particularly pleased this...