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Michael Brooks

Michael Brooks holds a PhD in quantum physics. He writes a weekly science column for the New Statesman, and his most recent book is The Secret Anarchy of Science.

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Food and Drink
Living off the fat of the land
02 May 2013

Get mothers overeating during pregnancy and you stand to gain customers as soon as they are born.

Science
We need to stop worrying and trust our robot researchers
01 May 2013

The work of Francis Crick and James Watson gives us a vision of what's to come.

Michael Brooks
It takes three to make this child
09 April 2013

A new technique called “mitochondrial replacement” is about to be presented to ministers as a solution to a particularly thorny reproductive dilemma.

Sci-Tech
Don’t let the superbugs bite
27 March 2013

But don't despair - we might be struggling but we are not beaten yet.

Sci-Tech
Fracking: the new gold rush
21 March 2013

Can shale gas and fracking solve our energy crisis?

Sci-Tech
Welcome to the ekpyrotic universe
14 March 2013

No money back, no guarantee.

Sci-Tech
Homeopathy and public policy - a match made in the moonlight?
28 February 2013

Something in the water...

Sci-Tech
Egos and intensity in the search for dark matter
21 February 2013

Voices in the dark.

Sci-Tech
In science, no work is completed until it has been picked to pieces
14 February 2013

Dangerous dithering.

UK Politics
IDS and the skivers from Mars
07 February 2013

Why cutting money from benefits might not save anything in the long run.

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