In late September, the recipients of the MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants were announced, among them a history professor at Boston College, Robin Fleming. In press articles, the foremost reason cited for Fleming’s […]
This time last week I was sat in a room, with thirty other people, staring at a dead bird. In the previous two hours it had been through the incredibly […]
This week there has been a headline making the rounds: New Human Body Part Discovered (or something of a similar variation). Amazing isn’t it? Well, yes it is. Except for […]
As a part of the recent Manchester Science Festival (Oct 24th – Nov 3rd) I gave a talk at the Science Showoff event. The event is a well-oiled machine that […]
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