Having missed a couple of the other deadlines for Science Writing Prizes, I am determined to manage to get something to submit for the John ...

I suspect having a cold isn't fun whatever job you're in. Coughing and sneezing in public tend to make people look at you oddly, and...

Part of what my supervisor is doing for her project involves growing bacteria then challenging them by putting little antibiotic disks on th...

I'm back in a lab! More excitingly, a different lab. I moved in today, so I've just about been allocated bench space and shown where...

...I've added an RSS feed. It's right at the bottom of the page :)

Part of my course this year involves writing a Long Essay (3000 words, not really that long, but longer than most of the other ones we write...

So...something I heard while on holiday. On the radio. On Classic FM to be precise, during the news. After they'd passed all the stuff a...

Holidays are over :( Image from here I did not do the drawing, I hasten to add, but I do feel a bit like that. Sitting on top of seemingly i...

Here is an interesting quote I came across today. It is meant to help you solve problems: "You write down the problem . You think very...

The thing about scientific protocols is that they are meant to be exact and precise. Every step must be explained concisely and there should...