Feeling low in mood in the winter time? You're not alone
Scarlett discusses Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D), a mental health issue facing one fifth of the population Seasonal Affective...
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The covid-19 pandemic created a slippery slope for those living with eating disorders
Scarlett Parr-Reid investigates the impacts of a year of lockdowns on eating disorders and the lessons to be learned A combination of...
Scicomm stories: Memes, ukeleles and DNA as socks – the lived experience of science
We live in the age of podcasts. Commuting to work? Why not pop a podcast on. Going for a run? Why not get a podcast going. Cleaning the...
If Bacteria Could Talk - A Sci-Art comic strip
The inspiration for this (sci)comic strip came from a module I took this year, all about medical and general microbiology. For my exam, I...
Every tomorrow becomes today
Morrison to the left of me, Thunberg to the right, Here I am stuck in the middle of the news, Yes, I’m stuck in the middle of the news,...
An Evaluation of sodium-potassium ATPase ion pump dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease is the most common neurodegenerative form of Dementia, claiming more than 50 million lives worldwide per year. But,...
Translating Science - an interview With Will Gater
Image: Perspective Photography Will Gater is one of the current generation of ‘rock star’ science popularisers. He is currently touring...
Resilience in a time of Covid-19
COVID-19 has taken the world by storm, or “cytokine storm” in science-speak. It has demanded global upheaval socially, economically and...
MND Research Now and Then
At the MND Association national conference 2018, I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Brian Dickie, the charity's Director of Research...
Thriving not just Surviving with MND...
Whilst volunteering with the MND Association, I had the privilege and pleasure of interviewing author, Roboticist and MND-fighter Peter...
The Value of Volunteering
I first heard about the Motor Neurone Disease Association in March of 2018, through an email sent out to the medical sciences cohort by...
The Science of Science Communication
What makes great science communication and why is it so important? For the low down on some of the top science communication channels on...
Exploring New Horizons
The New Horizons flyby took the world by storm in 2019. Read more to find out about the intergalactic mission and the discovery that...
From Bench to Bedside
In 2019, I had the pleasure of attending the University of Exeter Medical School undergraduate student conference. I got the chance to...
Bringing Science to life
The marriage of science and theatre is a novel concept. Read on for a review of the journalist, author and presenter, Will Gater's...
Caught in a Tech Trap
We live in a tech-laden age. Have you ever thought about the science of online marketing and social media and how it effects the brain?...
Acting out – how theatre can address mental health issues in your local pub
Credit: Matt Austin Photography A Pint Sized Conversation is a theatre piece on mental health in an unusual setting – the pub. Performed...
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