Top Tips For Starting A PhD
So close, yet so far. I’m currently in the third and final year* of my PhD here at the University of Essex and it’s been a long and troublesome journey. […]
Category Archives: Science
Cosmic Weather Lights up our Skies
2012 has been a year of great superstition due to cataclysmic predictions following the end of the Mayan calendar. Although the world may not quite be ending just yet, 2012 […]
Knock-off Britain! Are You Eating the Real Deal?
We’ve all heard of counterfeit handbags and designer ‘get-up’. But, did you know that the food we eat might also be classed as counterfeit? ‘Counterfeit food?’ I hear you […]
Bioprospecting: Drugs, a new frontier!
We all take drugs, in one shape or form. But, how exactly are scientists developing new cures for illnesses such as cancer and heart disease? Since the first antibiotic ‘Penicillin’ […]
Sylvester and Tweety International Crime Fighting Extraordinaire
Do you ever get that feeling, walking to campus? The air is crisp, there’s a cool breeze, and the world is silent apart from the soft twittering of British birds. […]
Are Coral Reefs Headed for Disaster?
The media tends to portray science in a certain way, the way that sells big news and big disaster. We’ve all heard, the climate is warming and coral reefs are […]
Why are Plankton so Important? Miniature Britain
As some of you may have seen i was invited to help out with a new documentary airing this Wednesday (12th Dec) on BBC1 at 8pm. I hope you will […]
