I’d like to introduce Amy Wild to Fireside Science and Bedtime Science.…
Bedtime Science: Daddy longlegs – calling a spider a spider
Welcome to the second instalment of Bedtime Science. I reckon if you’re…
Introducing Bedtime Science and two new members
This week we welcome two new Scientists to the Fireside Science team!…
Carl Sagan’s last project – overcoming MDS
Carl Sagan was an astronomer and academic, best known for popularising…
Mitosis – fun with modelling clay
Mitosis has to be one of the more beautiful things in nature.…
Why isn’t there more research into my disease? What can I do about it?
(This is cross-posted to chromosomesandcancer.com) We care about our health and the…
How some rediscovered 75-year-old research on maize helps us understand cancer
Barbara McClintock published a paper describing the breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cycle in 1939. She…
Philadephia – the birthplace of cancer genetics
The 28th September 2010 was declared “Philadelphia Chromosome Day“. The city of…
Solar lighting – making a difference to the world’s poorest people.
In many developing countries kerosene is a common source of fuel. It’s…
Eternal youth, cancer and telomeres
This is an edited version of a post in my blog –…