• Rebranding Tuberculosis

     If infectious diseases were monsters, what would they look like? I imagine malaria would be a terrible mosquito-like creature made of bones, with a wickedly sharp proboscis and a throbbing gut of fiery red blood. Diarrhoeal disease would rise from a swamp of sewage, grinning with its skull’s jaw...

  • When Bad Bugs Go Badder

    The Beijing lineage of M. tuberculosis is the villain in a movie sequel. Nastier, scarier, harder to kill. You thought tuberculosis (TB) was bad? Think again. The Beijing lineage is that little bit worse, associated with a speedier disease progression and increased antibiotic resistance. I’ve...

  • Development of Empathy in Infants

     Babies are notoriously selfish creatures - either they're asleep, happy, or they're screaming. It isn't until the age of two that children begin to realise that other people have their owns wants and needs. However, a recent study from researchers at Durham University has demonstrated that...

  • The Green (Fluorescent Protein)-Eyed Monster

     Is there a formula for scientific success, or do some scientists simply ‘get lucky’? When in doubt, draw a graph. This is not so much useful advice as a way of life. The pros and cons of various DNA ladders? The best flavour of soup for ten minute incubation breaks? Or the relationship between...

  • Genega, or how we require all of our genes to survive

    I went to a birthday gathering in a pub the other day to which someone had brought along the game Jenga. Putting aside any conclusions you may want to make as to just how exciting it must be to party with my friends and me, the game actually illustrates an interesting point about evolution. Sort...

  • Bingo doesn't get tougher than this

       My theory? Gregg Wallace and John Torode have been replaced with automata programmed with a set number of nonsensical phrases and the ability to construct strings of adjectives that would be better suited to an erotic novel. But Masterchef is a bit like the boy who cried...

Sunday, 1 July 2012

Finishing Things

Posted by Kathryn at 10:12 • 0 comments
So last week I ‘finished’ my latest book. It’s a young adult novel about a girl who can find lost things and the search for a mythical forgotten city with a beating stone heart said to hold the key to immortality. Also, man-eating gargoyles. I’m not very good at finishing things, so getting to the point when I can bear to...
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