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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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