• Swan (Dive) Song

     On leaving laboratory science and why it’s going to be awesome (but first a rant) A few years ago, I went on this residential course for postdocs whose years’ experience was greater than their output of Nature/Science/Cell papers. We made paper bridges for hamsters and drew our innermost...

  • Guru Magazine Issue 10

    In their words, "Guru Magazine is an exclusively crowd-sourced, free science-themed magazine. Released bi-monthly, it’s designed to be read and understood by regular people (like you and I). This means, like Wikipedia, it is shaped by its readers and dependent upon its contributors." Issue 10 is...

  • Susceptibility to Tuberculosis

    What does an Egyptian mummy have in common with one-third of the world’s population? The answer is tuberculosis (TB)—a disease which has been affecting mankind since prehistoric times. But, I hear you muttering, didn’t we already cure TB? Um, not really. Around 1.7 million people die from TB every...

  • Hitting an Invisible Target in TB Vaccine Design

     I have a troubled relationship with Twitter. It’s an unredeemable hate sort of thing. I’m generally an inane mix of angry opinion and low self-esteem so, in theory, we’re perfect for each other. I just don’t feel it, though. I had a quick look for online videos in the same vein of the YouTube...

  • H5N1 controversy from a scientist's perspective

     What's all the fuss about? Flu isn't so bad, right? Seasonal flu is an annoyance for most people but, in the young or elderly, or immunocompromised individuals, it can still be fatal. Each year, there are around 4,000 deaths attributed to flu in the UK, despite these people having access to...

  • 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...

Saturday, 22 June 2013

Anthropomorphism Gone Wild

Posted by Kathryn at 12:04 • 2 comments
One of my pet hates? Cartoon animals with breasts (I'm opening myself up for some horrendous Google searches, aren't I?). Let's take Madagascar III as an example. All the animals in the first two iterations are relatively animal-like (other than the, you know, part where they can talk). Then we get to the third film...

Tuesday, 4 June 2013

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The Green (Fluorescent Protein)-Eyed Monster

Posted by Kathryn at 19:38 • 0 comments
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 things breaking and student proximity?...
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