A MIDDLE-aged white male with unkempt facial hair who never has fun. Sounds familiar? This sorry stereotype of a typical scientist emerged back in 2000 when thousands of children were . Michael Brooks warns on page 16 in this week’s magazine of the damaging consequences of scientists being seen as Santas without the ho-ho-ho. If their work becomes ever more unapproachable, science is going to lose out in the battle for public funding.
This multi-faceted end-of-year issue of Â鶹´«Ã½ is once again full of entertaining articles that show just how appealing science…
