Let’s dispose of the gender reveal party

Yet another "gender reveal party" explosion has caused massive damage to the surrounding area. Not the first, second or even fifth time - and while none have died yet, others have in similar incidents. Let's end this ridiculous trend.

Animated Science

One of the best aspects of the the science communication-type roles I've had can be the variety. Depending on where you are and how established the team is (the team 'me' was the best!); one day writing articles, the next editing photos/doing some graphic design, web editing, interviews, filming prep, answering questions - or something …

Scientists cure cancer but no-one notices

The Cancer Research UK Science Update Blog has published an excellent post by Kat Arney on cancer conspiracies - here it is, plus some other excellent pieces: Why haven't we cured cancer? Natalie Grover/CRUK/Science MuseumThere's no conspiracy - sometimes it just doesn't work (Kat A @ CRUK)For follow-up, a post about the top 10 Cancer Myths by Kat A …

LGBT+

Edit 2023: Now you can use the excellent acronym MOGAI - it's neat and tidy, it sounds a bit like the Gremlins - what's not to like. I don't know why I suddenly started thinking about this (and asking Twitter about it) today. But I did, and the conversation was quite good, so I wanted to …

Helpful Poisons

Cancer Research UK runs the Race For Life events, in which thousands of people from all walks of life, young and old, go out and run/walk to collect sponsorship money that's donated to CRUK. My supervisor [at the time of writing] - known in the building as one of the many PIs (Principal Investigators) who …