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Covering the very big to the very small. Articles topics include microbes and their impact on the ecosystem, atoms vs planets, and the CRISPR’ed babies, how do small genetic changes lead to a big societal impact?

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Tag: Science Communication

  • Scientific culture – do we need to slow down?

    Scientific culture – do we need to slow down?

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    Seán Dunphy explores how the structures of academic funding and publishing have shaped modern scientific culture. Scotsman Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin is one of the most impactful in science, but Fleming’s intention was never to study antibiotics; rather, it came as an accident while studying Influenza. Like Fleming, neither Jared Leadbetter nor Joseph Mougous…

  • Not Another Science Podcast

    Not Another Science Podcast

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    You must have heard the news by now: EUSci is relaunching our podcast. Rebranded and with new leadership, this one will be different. Today I had the opportunity to have a socially distant chat with the new host, Tom Edwick, and the new editor, Helena Cornu, of the shiny new Not Another Science Podcast, brought…

  • What makes a vaccine?

    What makes a vaccine?

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    In the age of COVID-19, science communication has become more important than ever. In light of what President Trump has postulated in terms of injecting disinfectant as a treatment to the virus and that it is World Immunisation Week, we wanted to take this opportunity to discuss what makes a vaccine.  Vaccines are one of…