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7 Jan 2016: My life as a scientist is varied, hectic and rewarding. I feel tremendously privileged to be doing what I do. I’m a cognitive neuroscientist, which means that I study the brain and the mind. To

14 Jan 2016: Dr Corina Logan and grackle (photographed by Sonia Fernandez)   It’s so early it’s still dark and I’m driving to a cold, windy beach in Santa Barbara, California to cat

21 Jan 2016:  Oxytocin is known to make the uterus contract before childbirth and trigger the release of breast milk, but it is also very important in social interactions. Some have gone as far as calling it

28 Jan 2016: Catalina Cangea   The reason I chose to study CS was maintaining the strongest connection possible to the real world while pursuing a Science subject. Powerful and complex software eng

4 Feb 2016: Having studied Natural Sciences as an undergrad, and then done a PhD in Quantum Physics, it may seem that my current job as a Strategy Consultant, working with businesses around the world, is a step

11 Feb 2016: Yvonne Deng (at the Eden Project)   You may have heard about a big climate event in Paris at the end of last year; maybe you recall the hype around Copenhagen in 2009 and the term &

16 Feb 2016: O’Grady suggests that an embodiment of the alliance between income and power is the annual World Economic Forum; the backdrop against which Oxfam chose to launch its annual report on ... need for a new economic model in line with a new sense of moral

18 Feb 2016: Jasmin Brooks   Autism is a developmental disorder that can cause problems with social interaction, language skills, repetitive behaviour and physical movement (1). Although many int

25 Feb 2016: Clinical and clean, dirty and disgusting: you choose. Veterinary medicine is my subject of choice. Most vet students will tell you they have known what they wanted to be since they were six. This was

3 Mar 2016: iop-Women in A level Physics Jan 2016   I’ve had quite a few enjoyable and fulfilling jobs over a 40-year career, all in science education. I’ve taught physics in schools an