Bang! Blog Archive
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![Patient S.M. is practically fearless! She suffers from Urbach-Wiethe disease which has caused a bilateral lesion in a part of the brain known as the […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Blog-image-01_Bang-115x115.png "What do the fearless fear?")
What do the fearless fear?
Posted on February 14, 2013 | No CommentsPatient S.M. is practically fearless! She suffers from Urbach-Wiethe disease which has caused a bilateral lesion in a part of the brain known as the […] -
Madness in the Method: A Critique of the Positivist Project
Posted on February 13, 2013 | 1 CommentIf you type in the phrase “what is science?” into Google, this is the top result: Add one more word to that query, and […] -
An Evening With Doctor Dance
Posted on February 11, 2013 | No CommentsOn a wintery night a few weeks ago, I found my way through a quiet, bohemian London borough to the Old Finsbury Town Hall and […] -
![We are our brains. Our memories and personality, the way we perceive the world around us, how we think and behave – it is all […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/neuro-blog-cover-115x115.png "Brain Doctors: Surgeons of the Body and the Mind")
Brain Doctors: Surgeons of the Body and the Mind
Posted on February 10, 2013 | 2 CommentsWe are our brains. Our memories and personality, the way we perceive the world around us, how we think and behave – it is all […] -
![Although the GIF celebrated its 25th birthday last June, some are already predicting its death. Zach Seward of Quartz and The Atlantic recently claimed that […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tech-talk-115x115.png "GIFs and the Human Condition")
GIFs and the Human Condition
Posted on February 4, 2013 | No CommentsAlthough the GIF celebrated its 25th birthday last June, some are already predicting its death. Zach Seward of Quartz and The Atlantic recently claimed that […] -
Nature or Nurture : It’s all in the (epi)genome.
Posted on January 31, 2013 | No CommentsIt’s an age-old debate : are we destined at conception to be the people we turn out to be, or are we products of our […] -
Picking and choosing
Posted on January 25, 2013 | No CommentsOur sense of smell is one of the most important methods by which we interact with the world, but the most poorly understood. It is […] -
![From the 8-10th of January, the BBC’s third series of Stargazing Live aired from Jodrell Bank Observatory, where the third largest steerable radio telescope in […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/planet-blof-logo-115x115.png "BBC Stargazing Live – a Stellar Performance Boosts the Nation’s Love of Space.")
BBC Stargazing Live – a Stellar Performance Boosts the Nation’s Love of Space.
Posted on January 22, 2013 | No CommentsFrom the 8-10th of January, the BBC’s third series of Stargazing Live aired from Jodrell Bank Observatory, where the third largest steerable radio telescope in […] -
Cryptic Female Choice: This is a Woman’s World, but it Wouldn’t be Nothing Without a Man or a Boy
Posted on January 21, 2013 | No CommentsNature has a reputation for being red in tooth and claw – a warzone with bloody battles ensuing between the biggest and bravest males of […] -
Tobacco, Obesity and Cancer: Politics and the Role of Science
Posted on January 17, 2013 | No CommentsRecent studies investigating the effectiveness of graphic warnings on cigarette packets and the link between genetics, smoking rates and taxation of cigarettes are just two […] -
Symbiotic security? Feeding the world through nature’s closest relationships
Posted on December 17, 2012 | 1 CommentPicture this – you have been transported to the distant future and you find yourself walking through an idyllic countryside setting surrounded by fields as […] -
Should you be legally liable for your Tweets?
Posted on November 23, 2012 | No CommentsIt seems bizarre that in a nation of over a billion people riddled with poverty and daunting socio-economic challenges, so much attention would be given […] -
Hermaphroditism under the sea – a whole different kettle of fish
Posted on November 22, 2012 | No CommentsWere you left with a bittersweet taste in your mouth as the credits of Disney Pixar’s “Finding Nemo” began to roll? Yes – it was […] -
How social media can save you from natural disasters
Posted on November 20, 2012 | No CommentsConsider that tweets move faster than earthquakes, almost as fast as the speed of light in fact, and you realise how and why technology could have […]
