I love languages, I think they're fascinating things. However, being born and bred in England, where everything is in English and pretty much everyone speaks English all the time - in person, on the TV, on the radio - I had far less exposure to other languages than I would've liked, in retrospect. While I …
Tag: Evolution
One of my favourite aspects of genetics; the study of the progression of life from its simplest forms to the diversity we see today, and all that has come before it. The way genes are affected by the environment, how mutations affect the organism and its fitness in said environment, and how, over time, these changes translate into the divergence of new species. Fascinating stuff it is.
Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm
Now, I've had this in my drafts box for ages. The zoo/farm is near Bristol and I've been kicking around the idea of a field trip for some time - the lack of desire to give them any money being one deterrent. Edit 2021: Sarah went recently and has updates! What is it? It's a …
A “Media Tart” Case Study
I recently went to a course run by some ex-BBC journalists, Media Players International, on how to engage with the media regarding your research. They encouraged us to become the Media Tarts of the future, so here I (vaguely...) recall some of Dr Armand Leroi's lecture to postgrads at my institute from way back in …
The Future of Science?
Yesterday I went to the Dana Centre, attached to the Science Museum, where we were challenged to listen to a series of presentations and decide to whom we would entrust our scientific future. Or something to that effect! Apparently it was to be like speed-dating, without the dating bit, unless you actually got those signals …
Germ Warfare
Yesterday the lovely Mr Levey of my university's press dept shared this link on Twitter: Kettle handles dirtier than keyboards! Who's for a nice cuppa? http://bit.ly/cHBOTg (mail) | http://bit.ly/b9IA9r (press assoc) At first I begin to despair that my work (and general) tea times would no longer be as pleasant as they were. Then I …
Purely a figment of your imagination 