Alun Mark Anderson (born 27 May 1948) is a Welsh scientist and science journalist. He is best known as the editor in chief and publishing director ofNew Scientist from 1992 to 2005. He continues to act as a consultant for the magazine. In 2009 he publishedAfter the Ice:Life, Death, and Geopolitics in the New Arctic, about the effects ofclimate change on the wildlife and native peoples of the arctic region.^[1]

A 2003 interview at the University of Sussex is the likely inspiration forRichard Dawkins' famous quote "Science is interesting and if you don't agree you can fuck off".^[2]

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