Celebrating women in science
This week is British Science Week 2017, a yearly occurrence that promises a week full of talks, hands-on experiments and film-showings...
Who can be a scientist?
Anyone! That’s the idea behind “citizen science” projects, where research scientists ask members of the public to help them with...
Do medical schools’ curricula place enough emphasis on translational research?
Evidence based medicine is at the core of modern medical practice. Although institutions such as the Cochrane Collaboration and the...
Public engagement isn’t science fiction, so why does it feel so alien?
Despite science-fiction concepts like aliens appealing greatly to the general public, relaying scientific research can be alien to both...
