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Chemistry World November 27, 2012 Andrew Turley	Roche and the Tamiflu data The Swiss pharma company has agreed to talk to external groups about full access to data for antiviral Tamiflu (oseltamivir) tablets, according to a letter published by the British Medical Journal.
Chemistry World November 27, 2012 Michael Gross	Counterintuitive thinking Jim Al-Khalili admits at the outset of his book, Paradox: the Nine Greatest Enigmas in Science, that the enigmas he covers here aren't real paradoxes, they only have appeared illogical or counterintuitive to people before they sat down and thought a bit harder.
Chemistry World November 23, 2012 Ian Le Guillou	Rivalry in science Morton Meyers examines the issue of assigning credit for scientific advances in his new book, Prize Fight.
Chemistry World November 22, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	Brains, beliefs and bad ideas Tribal Science by Mike McRae was inspired by a lecture McRae was invited to give on pseudoscience, but expands well beyond that topic. It attempts to examine the interactions between humans -- as emotional, social creatures -- and the cold logic of science.
Chemistry World November 21, 2012 Laura Howes	Science, evidence and politics In The Geek Manifesto, written while he was science editor at The Times, Mark Henderson is attempting to capitalize on what he terms the 'geek movement' and to provide a handbook to make UK politics more evidence-based.
Chemistry World November 20, 2012 Neil Withers	Embrace your inner ignoramus Being aware of what you are ignorant about and being able to ask the right questions to satisfy that curiosity is, for Stuart Firestein, what science is all about. The title of his new book is Ignorance: How It Drives Science.
Chemistry World November 19, 2012 Callum Saunders	Groundbreaking thinking In his book, an Optimist's Tour of the Future, Mark Stevenson tours the globe in search of groundbreaking thinkers and scientists, even bumping into a few free radicals along the way.
Chemistry World November 13, 2012 Leila Sattary	Chancellor singles out science to drive economic growth The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, has outlined eight technology areas in which he wants the UK to lead the world.
Chemistry World November 9, 2012 Laura Howes	Council to defend UK universities launched A group of 65 of the UK's thinkers, from scientists to authors, have joined forces to launch the Council for the Defence of British Universities, which will campaign for autonomy for universities to allow them to pursue research 'without regard to its immediate benefit'.
Chemistry World November 8, 2012 Mary Badcock	Scientific curiosities The Science Magpie by Simon Flynn is a must for anyone who likes science and is a fan of Scott's original miscellany. It is full of quirky, interesting scientific facts and anecdotes.
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