A quick note to point UK readers in the direction of the new-look Newton’s Apple website.

This fruit-flavoured think tank demystifies science policy for researchers, while also giving policy makers access to scientists. I interviewed the people behind the initiative last year.

I suspect too few of us understand the mechanisms of policy making—how research papers inform white papers. I’d be keen to see the site support basic dummy’s guides to these processes for the UK and other regions, and develop Q&A-style forums where researchers could pick the brains of policy makers and vice versa. But any initiative that begins to break down these boundaries has to be applauded.

If you’re interested with the increasingly important interface between research and policy, check out the site and contact info [at] newtons-apple.org.uk