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2011: my first year of science writing

As seems to be the tradition at this beginning time of the year, I thought a 2011 review was in order. And to be honest, 2011 was a cracking year for me as a budding science writer!I got my first pai...

03 jan 12 1 person likes this

Night at the Museum

Last week I was lucky enough to get free tickets to a Priceless Mastercard Event for a Winter Wonderland evening at the Natural History Museum in London! I had never been to the museum before, having...

03 jan 12

The In-Vogue Scientist

Molly get the Vogue treatmentA woman in science, as in any other male-dominatedgroup, is under a certain amount of pressure. It can be as simple as knowingwhat to wear to work (can I be brainy and lo...

18 nov 11

Myths debunked

Can eating a whole nutmeg kill you?I seem to remember being told that I should always be careful to grate only a small amount of nutmeg into my cooking: eating it whole would be such a shock to my bo...

20 sep 11

Busy busy

Now I know The Science Informant has been somewhat quiet lately, but admittedly writing up my first year report for my PhD (and going on holiday) kinda took over! But I havent been completely un-crea...

26 aug 11

Quick Question

Why is Mercury so poisonous? I’m assuming, like me, you were always told the same thing as a child: “Don’t bite on the thermometer!” You might assume your parents were being overzealous as usual, exa...

25 aug 11

Matters of the Heart

So you might have heard the Wellcome Trust and the Guardian were running a Science Writing Competition. Well the finalists have been announced! Sadly, I did not make the cut.... Better luck next year...

22 aug 11

The Science Behind Beauty Project: Sunscreen

This week, The Science Behind Beauty Project is getting ready for the summer! Well if it ever turns up! Even though its raining, Im sure some of us have some great holidays planned and will definitel...

29 jun 11

Behold possibly the worst scientific article ever written!

Now by now you all know Im interested in bringing proper science to the people - none of this complicated jargon and ridiculous stories that you can sometimes find in the media.This article "Alfi...

15 apr 11

Brighton University Poster Competition: 3rd Prize!!!!

At the beginning of the year I decided to enter the Brighton Research Poster Competition organized by their Virtual Research Unit. The blurb was to put together a poster describing the research you a...

05 apr 11

The Science Behind Beauty Project: Pentapeptides

In continuation of this series, Lauren has enrolled the services of our good friend Alkisti, studying for a PhD in Biochemistry at Cambridge University. She has focused on the pentapeptide claims in ...

04 apr 11

The Science Behind Beauty Project: Hyaluronic acid

This first article of "The Science Behind Beauty Project" was written with my friend Lauren and featured on her blog Lauren Loves... The focus was on Hyaluronic Acid. Lots of skin creams nowa...

28 mar 11

Where Science meets Fashion

Youre probably thinking: Where the hell does science meet fashion? Well where theres a will, theres a way! My friend Lauren runs a brilliant fashion blog called Lauren Loves... Together with her, we ...

25 mar 11

Accepting uncertainty

As a contribution to National Science Week, the University of Brighton ran an afternoon of seminars on the topic of "Science Communication and the Media". Although two of the four speakers di...

21 mar 11

A day at the Brighton Science Festival 2011

Brighton Science FestivalSo the festival is over for another year. It has wowed us with lectures, games and activities from the day devoted to molecular gastronomy “Play with your food” to the lectur...

10 mar 11

The Inner Life of the Cell

Call to all lovers of Molecular Biology, here is a beautiful graphic video showing the weird and wonderful going on within our cells. The creators of this video, XVIVO are creating a series of animat...

08 mar 11

How arsenic has integrated itself into DNA

DNA, the founding thing of all living organisms, is a fascinating and complex molecule. Since the discovery of its structure by Watson and Crick in 1953, scientists have done their best to understand...

02 mar 11

The woman who found her voice

A woman who had lost her voice during surgery was finally able to speak her first words in 11 years after a pioneering voice box transplant was successfully performed. This is only the second success...

28 jan 11

DNA paternity testing – how it works and the risks involved

I recently read a detailed article in New Scientist about some labs in the USA faking DNA paternity tests on unborn children and the repercussions of this on people’s lives. These labs were using ver...

26 jan 11

2010: A year of science in review

  2010 has been an exciting year for many domains of science, from genetics to astronomy. Here are some of the biggest discoveries of the past year.Physics Andre Geim and Konstantin Novosel...

11 jan 11

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13 dec 10

Molecular Gastronomy

How to unearth the secrets of your plateEver wondered how your taste buds work? Why you like something that others detest? Maybe youre an amateur chef, interested in improving your favourite recipe o...

13 dec 10

Molecular Gastronomy - Food colours and engineered fare

As we have seen, Molecular Gastronomy is a new innovative field researching the science behind food and cooking. From perfecting the ultimate recipe to understanding how our taste buds work, it encom...

13 dec 10

Good News

At the end of the each "Russell Howards Good News" episode, a good news story is viewed which always puts a smile on my face. This one is particularly inspirational. An African woman with AID...

26 nov 10

Myths Debunked

Crystals in your SpineAmong many legends surrounding drug use, this one seems the most ridiculous! As the myth would have it, acid users could be at risk of a "surprise" hit years after they ...

23 nov 10

Beauty in Chaos

Many shapes and forms in nature can be thought to be completely unpredictable and chaos like. Yet viewed as a whole, they can create the most beautiful patterns. Inherent coding or beauty in chaos?Th...

19 nov 10

Quick question

 What makes us faint?  So a couple of weeks back, I attended my first DR (dissection room) session with some second year med students. Now, Im not particularly squeamish so I didnt really g...

14 nov 10

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