Brain/Body

Would you rather? One big pin-prick or lots of little micro pin-pricks? I’m not trying to start a game of would you rather, but really, which would you pick… A novel concept for drug delivery is currently being developed at…

Have you ever wondered why your dog’s ears prick up even when you hear nothing? You sit reading the newspaper when Toby runs towards the door barking as if his best friend is outside. It could be minutes later before your neighbour and his…

This seemingly stupid question is not as straightforward as you might think. Well, of course we do need a brain but it’s not so clear how much of our brain we need to actually survive and function somewhat normally. Recently, doctors in…

This month my sister will embark on a three-year journey at the end of which she will have to take the Nightingale Pledge. Okay, that's a pretty bad start because it's a lie. But if she was studying in America, it would be true. She's…

Personally, my hangovers have been getting worse and worse and so I am really interested in finding the best scientific strategy to cure a hangover. We’ve all heard of numerous different hangover cures over the years. Some are preventative,…

As a working neuroscience researcher, I know that we still understand very little about how the brain works as a whole. Modern neuroscience, as we know it today, sprouted from psychology, with big names such as Sigmund Freud and Ivan Pavlov…

Canada 1822 The crack of a musket shot. Then a man screaming. Canada. Fort Mackinac to be precise, was inhospitable even in summer. Inhospitable – a fitting adjective: the hospital was a converted storehouse. Bitterly cold in…

Asperkids by Jennifer Cook O'Toole The Asperkid's (Secret) Book of Social Rules and Asperkids: An Insider's Guide to Loving, Understanding and Teaching Children with Asperger Syndrome Not wrong, just different. That's the…

The idea of an origami microscope may seem completely bonkers but the inspired research team in Prakash Lab in Stanford University, California have made this insane concept a reality. I came across the video below as I delved into…

"I have been frequently questioned, especially by women, how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy." – Marie Curie. When I first decided that Marie Curie would be the next Legend of the Month…