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![Blog 2: Engaging with Parliament During my 3-month internship at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), I was responsible for researching and producing […]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Select_Committee-115x115.jpeg "Internship at POST: Blog 2")
Internship at POST: Blog 2
Posted on August 4, 2017 | No CommentsBlog 2: Engaging with Parliament During my 3-month internship at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), I was responsible for researching and producing […] -
![Blog 1: Science and Parliament As scientists, many of us aim to make significant changes, both nationally and globally, through our research and discoveries. But […]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/House_of_commons__at_Westminster-1-115x115.jpg "Internship at POST: Blog 1")
Internship at POST: Blog 1
Posted on July 20, 2017 | No CommentsBlog 1: Science and Parliament As scientists, many of us aim to make significant changes, both nationally and globally, through our research and discoveries. But […] -
![Those of us who live in the UK probably do not think about volcanoes too often, after all, you would have to travel very far […]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/145128774_4e45119672_o-115x115.jpg "Volcanoes: the breath-pipes of Nature")
Volcanoes: the breath-pipes of Nature
Posted on March 29, 2017 | No CommentsThose of us who live in the UK probably do not think about volcanoes too often, after all, you would have to travel very far […] -
![Last year, more than three quarters of Taiwan’s universities announced a collective plan to not renew their subscriptions to journals published by Elsevier, one of […]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Nature_cover_November_4_1869-115x115.jpg "Publish or perish")
Publish or perish
Posted on January 24, 2017 | No CommentsLast year, more than three quarters of Taiwan’s universities announced a collective plan to not renew their subscriptions to journals published by Elsevier, one of […] -
![The politically charged atmosphere that pervaded all of 2016 prompted a lot of debate about the growing clout of viral online content. Such internet powerhouses […]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/internet-115x115.jpg "Fake news and the OII")
Fake news and the OII
Posted on January 3, 2017 | No CommentsThe politically charged atmosphere that pervaded all of 2016 prompted a lot of debate about the growing clout of viral online content. Such internet powerhouses […] -
![At the start of last year Pietro Michelucci and Janis L. Dickinson published an article in Science urging researchers to look more deeply into human computation, […]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/minecraft-115x115.jpg "Artificial intelligence boot camps")
Artificial intelligence boot camps
Posted on January 1, 2017 | No CommentsAt the start of last year Pietro Michelucci and Janis L. Dickinson published an article in Science urging researchers to look more deeply into human computation, […] -
![On December 2, after a two-day meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland, a council of ministers from ESA’s member states and associate members Slovenia and Canada agreed […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ExoMars_model_at_ILA_2006-115x115.jpg "Interview: Dr. Neil Bowles on the ESA")
Interview: Dr. Neil Bowles on the ESA
Posted on December 9, 2016 | No CommentsOn December 2, after a two-day meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland, a council of ministers from ESA’s member states and associate members Slovenia and Canada agreed […] -
![66 million years ago a 15km-wide asteroid hit the earth just off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The aftermath of this event is thought […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/calisto-115x115.jpg "When the Earth turned inside out: the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs")
When the Earth turned inside out: the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
Posted on December 5, 2016 | No Comments66 million years ago a 15km-wide asteroid hit the earth just off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The aftermath of this event is thought […] -
![Given Donald Trump’s seeming indifference to facts, it is no surprise that his support within the scientific community was low during the U.S. presidential campaign. […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/trump-science-115x115.jpg "Science under Trump – the future for American scientists")
Science under Trump – the future for American scientists
Posted on November 21, 2016 | No CommentsGiven Donald Trump’s seeming indifference to facts, it is no surprise that his support within the scientific community was low during the U.S. presidential campaign. […] -
![The notorious Ebola virus (EVD) is not a new disease, so why have many people only heard of it recently? Described in 1976 by Belgian […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ebola-115x115.jpg "Ebola virus mutation increased infectivity to humans")
Ebola virus mutation increased infectivity to humans
Posted on November 14, 2016 | No CommentsThe notorious Ebola virus (EVD) is not a new disease, so why have many people only heard of it recently? Described in 1976 by Belgian […] -
![It has become a common practice for everyone to keep a hand sanitizer wherever they go. It is hurled in between, before and after eating […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/332_TODDLERS_GUIDE_TO_HANDWASHING_740X400-115x115.jpg "May The Bacteria Be With You!")
May The Bacteria Be With You!
Posted on March 14, 2016 | No CommentsIt has become a common practice for everyone to keep a hand sanitizer wherever they go. It is hurled in between, before and after eating […] -
![If there is any drug that should be arrested for several counts of murder and attempts on several occasions to escape and remain elusive it […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/diet-pills-115x115.jpg "“Burn” that fat")
“Burn” that fat
Posted on March 14, 2016 | No CommentsIf there is any drug that should be arrested for several counts of murder and attempts on several occasions to escape and remain elusive it […] -
![Universal Dialogues? Silenced voices and global environmental policy-making in the aftermath of the Paris Climate Forum a […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/climate-forum-2k15-115x115.jpg "Paris Climate Forum: Silenced voices and global policy-making")
Paris Climate Forum: Silenced voices and global policy-making
Posted on December 24, 2015 | No CommentsUniversal Dialogues? Silenced voices and global environmental policy-making in the aftermath of the Paris Climate Forum a […] -
![“There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/alice-115x115.png "Mad As A Hatter")
Mad As A Hatter
Posted on October 29, 2015 | 1 Comment“There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You […]
