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![Last Thursday I attended a talk by Professor Carl Wunsch of MIT, as part of the Climate Connections lecture series at Wolfson College. As an […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Blog-image-01_Bang-115x115.png "Why is Climate Change So Difficult to Understand?")
Why is Climate Change So Difficult to Understand?
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No CommentsLast Thursday I attended a talk by Professor Carl Wunsch of MIT, as part of the Climate Connections lecture series at Wolfson College. As an […] -
Honeybees on strike
Posted on May 7, 2012 | No CommentsThe honey bee is often used as the poster species for altruistic behaviour, behaving in a way costly to itself in order to benefit others […] -
![The University of Oxford recently received a 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system; one of only two currently operating at this field strength in […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Blog-image-01-115x115.jpg "Oxford boosts its MRI")
Oxford boosts its MRI
Posted on May 3, 2012 | No CommentsThe University of Oxford recently received a 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system; one of only two currently operating at this field strength in […] -
Re-winding Evolution
Posted on May 2, 2012 | No CommentsLooking back on the evolutionary history of life it can often seem like a long series of accidents. However, if we wound back time millions […] -
Fear and learning in Los Angeles: our evolved propensity for knowing what could eat us alive
Posted on April 27, 2012 | No CommentsOn the surface, kids from Los Angeles and children of the Shuar, a society indigenous to the Amazon region of Ecuador, wouldn’t seem to have […] -
Sleeping Soundly
Posted on April 26, 2012 | No CommentsWith so many media articles desperately trying to tell us that if we have a minute either side of eight hours sleep a night we […] -
Evolution and Sexual Exploitation: Evolutionary Psychology Takes on Another Tough Topic
Posted on April 22, 2012 | 3 CommentsEvolutionary psychology (EP) seems to tread on dangerous ground rather often as far as political correctness is concerned. EP researchers may be able to provide […] -
The Separation of Science and State
Posted on April 10, 2012 | No CommentsIt was a privilege to hear Professor David Nutt speak a few of weeks ago at a talk organised by the Oxford Atheists, Secularists and […] -
The Sticky Truth About the Oil Industry
Posted on April 9, 2012 | No CommentsUnless you are a certain Texan senator you are likely to accept that human activity is prompting an untimely shift in our planet’s behaviour. Climate […] -
Science at the Movies
Posted on February 29, 2012 | 1 CommentWhen you go to the cinema, you often have to leave your ‘scientist hat’ at home. Spending the duration of Star Wars penning an angry […] -
Science for Every Tom, Dick and Einstein
Posted on February 15, 2012 | No CommentsAt some point in the last decade, science became an awful lot cooler. Perhaps this is wishful thinking on my part, or the result of […] -
Man-Made
Posted on February 1, 2012 | 4 CommentsIt is always cited that the success of our species results from our superior ability to adapt to different circumstances. The use of man-made materials […] -
The Dragon in Flight: Why Space Could Belong to China in the 21st Century
Posted on January 25, 2012 | No CommentsIt is no surprise that China is seldom out of the headlines these days. Over the past thirty years, it has matched unprecedented economic growth […] -
The Astronomer’s Toolkit
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsSpectroscopy, it seems to me, is the most useful tool in the astronomer’s box. In the broadest sense, it describes the set of methods whereby […]
