A book review exploring the ‘make do and mend’ approach to science experiments – using objects to multiple ends, repurposing materials and being inventive with what’s on hand.
NoBadSlides offers a list of tips on how to improve your PowerPoint design and presentations.
If you need a good laugh, watch comedian James Veitch talk about his experiences responding to spam email.
Beware your biases – reviewers award higher marks when a paper’s author is famous.
Need someone to give you time, money, advice, support etc? You need to know your pitch – a short snappy written or verbal communication.
The world was shocked with experiments that led to the first children with edited genomes, but the biophysicist behind the science refuses to speak about the work that sent him to jail for three years.
Octolab TV have several videos showing octopus behavior. This one of it getting food out of a bottle is a fav.
Have you ever wondered how accurate physics is in cartoons. “Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation”; “Everything falls faster than an anvil”.
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