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      <title>Medley of medals for London scientists</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - Medals are awarded for all sorts of things: winning Olympic Gold, completing a fun run (well done Mrs Brown, if you're reading this), and (apologies to non-UK readers) getting an eccentric DJ to ‘fix it’ for you to ride a]]>
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      <title>Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - !http://network.nature.com/system/photo/000/002/448/RSsummer.jpg! My favourite event in the science calendar just rolled round again. The Royal Society hosts an "annual jamboree":http://www.summerscience.org.uk/ celebrating the best of UK science. This year, 27 exhibitors fill the marbled halls of the RS to show off their]]>
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      <title>Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - "Scott":http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/scottkeir/2008/06/30/the-best-exhibition-freebie reminds us that the annual "science exhibition":http://www.summerscience.org.uk/ starts tonight at the Royal Society. I'll be popping along tonight from about 7. Anyone else coming along?]]>
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      <title>Royal Society podcasts</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - Working a few miles away from the Royal Society, I find it tricky to make it to their Friday lunchtime lectures. But no matter. They’re "available to download":http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=7476#a1, and you can even subscribe via iTunes. The latest instalment to hit]]>
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      <title>Royal Society elects new Fellows</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - 44 new Fellows, 8 Foreign Members and 1 Honorary Fellow "join that exclusive club":http://royalsociety.org/publication.asp?tip=1&id=7696 that not even "Baroness Greenfield":http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/apr/29/science.research can get into. Each year, the RS elects up to 44 new Fellows who have made "a substantial contribution to the]]>
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      <title>Royal Society Science Book Prize Shortlist Announced</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - Each year, London's Royal Society grants 'the world's most prestigious award for science writing' to a popular science author. This year's nominees have "just been announced":http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=7687. A Life Decoded, by J. Craig Venter Coral: A pessimist in paradise by Steve]]>
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      <title>In which a discovery is retrospectively chased but not quite captured</title>
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        <![CDATA[Jennifer Rohn - The history of our fair profession is riddled with stories. First and foremost are the journal articles themselves, which seek – in their own characteristically arid way – to describe an incremental advance and thereby place it into the context]]>
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      <title>Around town: stellar ejaculations and help for the heart</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - *Imperial College* • New institute for "shock physics":http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_7-4-2008-11-43-59?newsid=32974 announced. • Plus a centre for "heart research":http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_4-4-2008-9-22-2?newsid=32754. • Parkinson’s: "precursor neurons":http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_7-4-2008-13-56-11?newsid=33014 identified. • "Drosophila vision":http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_4-4-2008-13-48-43?newsid=32834 to help robot planes? --- *King’s College, London* • A £9 million investment in "cardiovascular disease":http://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/news_details.php?news_id=767&year=2008.]]>
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      <title>Darwin&#8217;s London</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - !http://network.nature.com/system/photo/000/001/580/Darwinmapsmall.jpg!:http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=105431948067796489092.0004448b5fab2ceb51f4e&z=13&om=0 _Click image for a larger "Google Map":http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=105431948067796489092.0004448b5fab2ceb51f4e&z=13&om=0. Key places in the text are marked with a blue pin. Additional places of interest are indicated with a house icon._ Charles Darwin, born 199 years ago today, was in and out]]>
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      <title>Around town: Beetroot good, sprouts bad</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - *Imperial College* • "Aphids that eat Brussels sprouts":http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_8-2-2008-9-17-49?newsid=27434 are smaller than their cabbage-munching brethren. (There is a point to this research.) • Perhaps our insect friends should use this nifty "‘barcode’ gene":http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_5-2-2008-11-36-4?newsid=26834 to distinguish closely related plant species. • A]]>
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