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It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that now girls, if anything, outperform boys at school across virtually all subjects; now there are no quotas for admission to any of the professions, limiting the number of young…
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In Rock of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life Stephen Jay Gould proposes that the conflict between science and religion could be healed by adopting the concept that they are “non-overlapping magisteria” (NOMA). The prior is concerned with…
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History, provided we have a future, will doubtless look back at the political and social upheavals of this generation and coldly assess our era as being interesting. It’s a fair comment, but currently “interesting”, feels less like objective observation and…
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Dr Emily Grossman is a scientist, actress, presenter and science communicator. You may have seen her on ‘The Alan Titchmarsh Show’, Sky1’s ‘Duck Quacks Don’t Echo’ and during her TEDx talk called ‘Why Science Needs People Who Cry!’ In this…
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Over the last 150 years, best practice life expectancy (defined as the country with the highest average life expectancy at any moment in time) has increased at the rate of 2 to 3 years every decade. If that rate of…
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Georgina Mace is Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystems at University College London (UCL). Previously, she has been the President of the Society for Conservation Biology and President of the British Ecological Society. In addition to that, she has won numerous awards…
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Dr Carin Bondar is a biologist, writer, speaker, presenter and all round science geek. You can currently see her on ‘Stephen Hawking’s Brave New World’ and the Discovery Channel’s ‘Outrageous Acts of Science’. In addition to that, her web series…
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