Amy’s post about Captain Planet reminded me that I had some notes lying around for a post about cartoons and comics as my own childhood inspirations. They’re not all things …
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I know it’s not real by any stretch of the imagination, but isn’t there a far more reasonable explanation than aliens in this short bit of Doctor Who? (It starts …
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Outreach & engagementScience in Art & CultureScience on screen
ReGenesis science
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenI’ve been tempted to link to some of the ReGenesis science Facts Behind the Fiction articles I’ve written, but I kept putting it off because I’m always a few weeks …
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Science in Art & CultureScience on screen
PCR on CSI: Like driving cross-state in a minute
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenI was looking for informative videos about PCR for a microteaching session, and came across this outtake from CSI, where DNA isolation and PCR takes about a minute! (In reality, …
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Science in Art & CultureScience on screen
Disastrous inventions by Thomas Midgley
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenIt’s Monday again, and some of you might be reluctant to start your work week. Everything you take on is an absolute disaster, and everything you try to make things …
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Science CommunicationScience on screen
It’s never Lupus – the science of House MD
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenThere’s a cold that has been going around for the past few weeks and it has been bugging me hard for the last few days. I have also just been …