Science Communicator and Science and Tech co-editor
Obtaining a graduate degree is a demanding experience. But for many students, being able to contribute to research and knowledge in a field they are passionate about is a dream come true. What graduate study should not be is an unattainable goal due to financial barriers put in place by governmental tax policy. Unfortunately, this […]
Loss can take many different forms. From the loss of something seemingly minor like a set of keys, to the emotional loss of your relationship with a relative, A Compendium of Lost Things explores the multiple types and layers of loss in a heartfelt show told through the narratives of individuals who have each lost […]
A Motorhead concert, a skip rope incident, and a dinner gone terribly wrong? These random stories make up Confabulation! an entertaining solo show about the phenomena of creating false memories. Using the autobiographical experience of writer and performer Eamonn Fleming, Confabulation! takes a storytelling approach to answer the mysteries surrounding memory science and how our […]
Five years ago, a group of UK-based postgraduates and postdoctoral researchers, led by Dr Praveen Paul and Dr Michael Motskin, decided to create a festival that combined two unlikely things, beer and science. Calling the festival Pint of Science, their idea was to bring a personal touch back to science by taking scientists out of […]
Large populations of woolly mammoths wandered freely across North America and Siberia 45,000 years ago. However, 10,000 years ago, due to a warming climate and human hunting, mammoth populations dwindled to small colonies scattered on Arctic islands between Russia and Alaska. There, the majestic beast finally died out 3,700 years ago. The common theory was […]
Space travel can do funky things to the human body. It’s possible for astronauts to return to Earth slightly taller, with smaller muscles, more fragile bones, and “the worst hangover ever”. When the American astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth, Nasa scientists had a unique opportunity: the ability to look at how space travel influences […]
“Denzel Washington and Pope Francis endorse Donald Trump”; “Leaving the EU would lead to a 350 million pound bonus for the NHS”. Which of these was real? Both were proven to be fake. But at the time the stories broke, many people believed them to be true. With the rise of fake news circulating on […]
Imagine a crime scene. The thief in question wanted to toy with the police, so they left behind their cell phone with wiped data and no fingerprints. Well…It turns out that idea wasn’t such a good one. They can blame a new study which has discovered the presence of thousands of molecules on a person’s […]