What makes the perfect Olympian?
Have you ever wondered what it is about elite athletes that makes them so…well…elite? There has been some media interest in the less legal side of performance enhancement, but I was curious about how science can help explain what makes
What makes the perfect Olympian?
Have you ever wondered what it is about elite athletes that makes them so…well…elite? There has been some media interest in the less legal side of performance enhancement, but I was curious about how science can help explain what makes
The comedic value of science
The other night while ploughing through an Everest of ironing I watched the BBC programme It’s Only a Theory. The format is simple: an expert comes in with a theory (e.g. someone has already been born who will live to
The comedic value of science
The other night while ploughing through an Everest of ironing I watched the BBC programme It’s Only a Theory. The format is simple: an expert comes in with a theory (e.g. someone has already been born who will live to
Looking up
Last year I downloaded an audiobook called “Always Looking Up – the adventures of an incurable optimist” by the actor Michael J. Fox. I’m not quite sure what I expected from it, but having grown up watching Fox on the
Looking up
Last year I downloaded an audiobook called “Always Looking Up – the adventures of an incurable optimist” by the actor Michael J. Fox. I’m not quite sure what I expected from it, but having grown up watching Fox on the
Treat the up-and-comings well
When I was an aspiring science journalist a few people treated me extraordinarily well. They took time out of a busy schedule to answer my 10 zillion questions, to advise me on best practice and to help build up my
Treat the up-and-comings well
When I was an aspiring science journalist a few people treated me extraordinarily well. They took time out of a busy schedule to answer my 10 zillion questions, to advise me on best practice and to help build up my
#Wheredopeoplegetthetimetoblog?
Yes I know, this blog has been superquiet of late. That’s because I haven’t been superquiet. As ever, family and work are the primary beneficiaries of the 24 hours I’m allotted each day, but that’s not to say musings don’t
#Wheredopeoplegetthetimetoblog?
Yes I know, this blog has been superquiet of late. That’s because I haven’t been superquiet. As ever, family and work are the primary beneficiaries of the 24 hours I’m allotted each day, but that’s not to say musings don’t
D’Interweb of deceit
I have been in rather grumpy form the last few days. Something has been bothering me enormously, and when I went to research it on the Internet I found a swathe of sites scaremongering and delivering half-truths and assumptions. When
D’Interweb of deceit
I have been in rather grumpy form the last few days. Something has been bothering me enormously, and when I went to research it on the Internet I found a swathe of sites scaremongering and delivering half-truths and assumptions. When
The sticky tape broke
OK so things were going fine, I was managing the workload OK for a couple of weeks, smallie was settling into pre-school. Everyone was getting some sleep, for once. Then whump, I get one extra commission fired into me over
The sticky tape broke
OK so things were going fine, I was managing the workload OK for a couple of weeks, smallie was settling into pre-school. Everyone was getting some sleep, for once. Then whump, I get one extra commission fired into me over
