Dr Bernard Dixon OBE, FIBiol (17 July 1938 – 30 October 2020[1]) was a British science journalist, who was editor of New Scientist from 1969 to 1979.
[1] Another long-running feature commissioned by Dixon was the Grimbledon Down cartoon strip from Bill Tidy, which lampooned the secret government research institute Porton Down.
[1] In 1974, with his colleague Joseph Hanlon, he investigated Uri Gellar, showing that his ability to bend metal objects was not paranormal.
[1] Dixon campaigned on issues such as the risk of antibiotic resistance from use of the drugs in cattle to promote growth.
[2] The University of Edinburgh awarded him an honorary DSc in 1996 "for contributions to public debate on scientific issues.
"[1][2] He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2000 Birthday Honours for services to science journalism.