Three Life-Saving Medical Breakthroughs That Sound Like Science Fiction Kevin Gardner Science & Medicine Today is an exciting time for medical science. Due to breakthroughs in technology and medicine, new doors are opening in terms of potentially life-saving treatments. From the tricorder to the development of...
A Guide to Tai Chi for Scientists Matthew Partridge Science & Medicine This comic originally appeared on...
A Short History of the Vaporizer Kevin Gardner Science & Medicine Cannabis is a herb that has been used in the world over for centuries. Humanity shares a love for the herb, be it for its recreational, medicinal or health purposes. In places like Jamaica, it is highly...
Science Owes Us An Apology Glenn McLaren Philosophy, Science & Medicine Recently Australia celebrated Science Week when all around the nation people celebrated the discipline's wondrous achievements. As usual, there was a particular focus on science in schools with the theme this...
Science and Journalism: Two Sides of the Same Coin? Vincent F. Hendricks Arts & Culture, Science & Medicine Some years ago, when I was about to receive the Elite Research Prize from The Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, my son, Milton, 8 years old back, then asked me: ”Dad, I have to ask you...
What Makes Research Excellent? Toni Pustovrh Academia, Science & Medicine What makes research excellent? Digging into the measures aimed at quantifying and promoting research excellence. In modern societies, scientific and technological (S&T) developments are generally regarded...
Marvelling At the New Matthew Partridge Science & Medicine I am from time to time, a little cynical about science, research and particularly academia (it’s the bureaucracy that causes it). Indeed, you might notice the subtitle of this blog highlights that it’s all...
