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The Overspecialised Science: Have We Become Too Afraid Of Peeping Into The Backyard Of Our Peers?
Postgraduate chemist Andrea Rogolino interviews undergraduate student Daniel Leong, discussing importance of finding connections between sciences.
Monday, 23 September 2024
Forces of Life
Rachel Mckeown explores how applying a physical perspective to living systems is yielding new insights into how our bodies are built and shaped during development
Monday, 4 March 2024
Shaking Up Scientific Publishing: eLife Announces Controversial New Publishing Plan
Holly Smith discusses the advantages and disadvantages of a more transparent peer review process
Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Pavilion: When Braille Meets Colours
Pauline Kerekes talks to Clarke Reynolds, a visually impaired artist who invented a new form of visual art.
Tuesday, 11 July 2023
Seen One Snake, Seen Them All?
Think again! Alexandra Howard delves into the world of snakes to highlight their surprising diversity
Thursday, 21 April 2022
Calutron girls in the atomic city
"Calutron girls" worked in Oak ridge in WWII
Thursday, 24 February 2022
The Future of Earth is Up in the Air
James Weber explains the role of positive feedback loops and how they could lead to runaway environmental disaster
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Pharmaceutical Companies Unite to Advance Nucleotide-Based Medicines
Scientists work together to create more effective medicines
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Weird and Wonderful: Giving a Fig about Wasps
While many plants entice pollinators with nectar, fig trees do so with the promise of safety and food for the...
Sunday, 11 February 2018
Our Neanderthal Ancestry
Alba Landra uncovers the ancient ancestry that underlies modern human evolution.
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Tissue Engineering Scaffolds: Guiding the rise of Cell Therapies
Oran Maguire explains how engineering and cell biology are carving out a new field
Sunday, 5 March 2017
How our experiences affect our children
Jiali Gao looks at what toad sex, a suicide and starvation have taught genetics
Sunday, 5 March 2017
[SciCam] Brains wired on physics
Building a working brain depends on complex interactions between nerve cells and their environment. Now, cutting-edge tools from both biology and physics are helping us understand how physical factors shape brain development.
Friday, 29 August 2014
Yawn Contagion Occurs in Wolves Too
We’ve all heard about how yawns can be ‘contagious’ – if you see or hear someone yawn, it makes you more likely to do likewise. But now it seems that wolves experience contagious yawning too, with important potential implications about empathy.
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Guest Book Review: 'Head Trip' by Michael Warren
Our first guest blogger reviews Head Trip, a self-styled 'field guide' to the varying levels of mental awareness.
Thursday, 5 June 2014
Westminster versus the Lab
Evidence-based policy sounds like a common sense idea which no-one could object to, yet the reality of translating research into...
Thursday, 22 May 2014
What is science for? Part II: Making sure we fund the right science
How is public funding structured so as to achieve the best net outcome?
Thursday, 22 May 2014
Feature: On the Origin of (a Virus) Species
Michael Nicoll investigates the recent outbreak of a new virus in the Middle East
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Reviews: Issue 30
This Week in Virology - Vincent Racaniello
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
‘Improved’ water sources may not be as safe as previously thought
Access to safe water is a basic human right. The Millennium Development Goals, the set of aims agreed globally in...
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
A new function for sleep
How many of you have asked yourselves, ’Why do we sleep?’ Well, one of my favourite paper from 2013 might answer the question.
Friday, 2 May 2014
X-Ray-Generated Model Helps to Reveal How Flies Turn in Flight
We often take insect flight for granted and as casual observers, it’s hard to understand – flies move too fast and are too small for our limited eyesight. But a paper published recently in PLOS Biology provides beautiful and novel insights into how flies fly.
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Apply to Join BlueSci - Deadline 20 January!
2014 will be an exciting year for BlueSci – in Michaelmas it will be 10 years since the publication of our first issue, a milestone we hope to celebrate with a number of special events, and we want you to be involved!
Sunday, 19 January 2014
A sea of possibilities for new antibiotics
The collaborative project PharmaSea aims to combat the growing problem of antibiotic resistance by looking for new drugs in our ocean trenches.
Friday, 15 February 2013
Issue 26: Weird and Wonderful
A selection of the wackiest research in the world of science
Friday, 25 January 2013
CSAR and BlueSci Energy Debate
This evening at Churchill college representatives from BlueSci and CSAR will be debating the future of green energy with teams...
Monday, 29 October 2012
BlueSci event: Scavenger Hunt
BlueSci will be hosting its very first science scavenger hunt! It will take place from 2 until approximately 4PM on Sunday, November 4th and will involve prizes, pints, and fun! Sign up in teams of up to 3 people to take part in the scavenging madness here.
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Issue 26 Magazine Meeting
If you have ideas for regular articles to contribute to Issue 26 or would like to try your hand at...
Friday, 19 October 2012
Weird & Wonderful: Issue 25
A selection of the wackiest research in the world of science
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Focus: Armchair Experimentation
BlueSci reveals how technology has made science more accessible
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Issue 26 Features Deadline: 19th October
With Issue 25 almost here, it's time to start work on Issue 26. The deadline for feature articles is rapidly...
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
BlueSci Committee: Managing Editor Post Available
This is your chance to join the BlueSci committee and play a major role in the running of the magazine...
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Weird & Wonderful: Issue 24
Scientists from Oregon state University have found that placing oestrogen capsules in male snakes makes them attractive to other males and...
Friday, 27 April 2012
Behind the Science: The Grand Question
Helen Gaffney explores the many-sided life of Cambridge scientist Joseph Needham.
Friday, 27 April 2012
Özti the Iceman
Although he may look a little like Gollum of ‘Lord of the Rings’ fame, Özti the Iceman is actually the...
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
How to detect traces of explosives
Scientists at the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology in Trivandrum, India, have developed a simple method for detecting attogram (10-18 g) quantities of the explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT).
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
BlueSci Film: Wanted - Scientists in the field
We are interested in showcasing the work that scientists here at Cambridge do when away from the city. So if you're interested in sharing your experiences, contact BlueSci Film Editors Nick and Alex at <a href="mailto:film@bluesci.co.uk">film@bluesci.co.uk.
Friday, 27 January 2012
Introducing BlueSci Radio
BlueSci is pleased and excited to unveil BlueSci Radio. Our brand new radio show will broadcast live on CamFM, Tuesdays...
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Announcement: New Writing & Editing Guidelines
BlueSci is proud to release a new set of writing, editing and copy-editing guidelines, which have been written to provide...
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Notice: New Committee Members
BlueSci is pleased to welcome two new members to the committee. Tom Bishop, fresh from editing Issue 22, replaces Steph Glaser as Managing Editor whilst Louisa Lyon steps into the role vacated by Rob Jones, becoming the new News Editor.
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Test post
Here is a header to the post
Friday, 5 August 2011
Away from the Bench: Medical Writing
Andy Shepherd talks to Richard Thompson about working at Caudex Medical
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Book Reviews
The Humans Who Went Extinct
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Late Stone-Age enclosures for gazelle hunting identified
Archaeologists have found evidence of large-scale culling of hundreds of gazelles by humans 6,000 to 10,000 years ago.
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Earliest tooth decay linked to teeth evolution
A fossil recently discovered in Texas provides the earliest evidence of tooth decay in a terrestrial vertebrate. The fossilized remains...
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Earliest non-marine multicellular life seen in Scottish fossils
Large populations of diverse microfossils from lochs in the northwest of Scotland indicate that the evolution of multi-cellular organisms may have commenced on land far earlier than previously thought.
Saturday, 16 April 2011
Zoos urged to join forces in conserving biodiversity
A team of scientists based in Germany are urging zoos and aquariums to collaborate in establishing breeding programmes for endangered animal species.
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Book Reviews
Discoveries of the Census of Marine Life: Making Ocean Life Count
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Features and Cover Images Needed for Next Issue
We are now accepting feature article submissions for the next issue of
Monday, 24 January 2011
Book Reviews
The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Arts & Reviews: Modern World, Modern Art
Ian Fyfe explores the way in which science and technology have revolutionised fine art
Sunday, 7 November 2010
New site update
Please bear with us whilst we update the new website.
Saturday, 30 October 2010
Letters
Your questions answered by I.M. Derisive.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Feature: The Extinction of Physics?
Frederik Floether examines whether a Theory of Everything could lead to the demise of a discipline.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
BlueSci News on Holiday
BlueSci News is not regularly updated during the exam period or the summer holiday. Weekly news updates (every Friday) will continue next term
Thursday, 12 April 2007
First BlueSci Workshop on Tuesday
The first of our weekly training workshops will be held next Tuesday, 17th October. All members, or prospective members, are invited to attend
Thursday, 5 October 2006
We Are Having a Month Off
BlueSci Online News is having a month off. The news will return in SeptemberOver the next month, we will be...
Thursday, 10 August 2006
Coordinating the activities of site developers
If three people are jointly working on a site, and doing so remotely, how do they coordinate their efforts so...
Friday, 27 October 2000
What happens when I post an article?
The full text appears here.
Thursday, 26 October 2000
First Steps for Posting Comments and Stories
Why have a user area? Convenience. You have your own place and you can control it; you can save your...
Thursday, 26 October 2000
The bluesci team
Pronounced 'blue sky', this site aims to bring clarity and depth to Cambridge science and technology articles. It has been created by the following people:
Monday, 23 October 2000
The making of BlueSci.com
The order in which we do things may not be crucial, but there should be no harm in following our example..
Monday, 23 October 2000
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