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BEWARE - The Energy Vampires BLAH BLAH
Have you ever felt that an interaction with another person has left you drained, tired or listless? You may be the unwitting victim of an energy vampire! Have you ever felt that someone is being...
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It's a miracle! No. It isn't.
I was directed today to a facebook page advertsing "Miricle Mineral Solution" of MMS also known as Miracle Mineral Supplement by a fantastic your twitterer #rhysmorgan. I first heard of Rhys and MMS...
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Learning to Communicate
My undergraduate degree from Aston University was in Sociology and Politics, but being a science geek at heart when I spotted an MSc at Cardiff University in Science, Media and Communication I thought...
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MMR, Autism and Poor Science Reporting
The Australian Vaccination Network have this week tweeted that evidence supporting Andrew Wakefield and his discredited Autism/MMR study had been published.In fact, the article being touted by the AVN...
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Science Journos shouldn't fear for the future
Recently proposed cuts to science funding fuelled by the recession are causing for concern for many young scientists looking for work, but should science writers also be worried? Dr John Cokley, a...
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#StupidScientology
This week I, along with two fellow MSc students and Nic went to the Cardiff Skeptics in the Pub meeting. We were all Cardiff SITP virgins, but after a couple of bottles of wine, we felt like we fitted...
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Freedom of speech, freedom of information, always. No exceptions.
Image via WikipediaSo it would be foolish of me to assume that everyone knows what’s going on at the moment with WikiLeaks, so here's an incredibly brief summary.Julian Assange, Australian, has...
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Education is a right, not a privilege - or obligation?
So back in 2002 we were protesting against top up fees. Now, eight years later we're protesting against further increases in fees.The arguments are essentially the same. Higher costs price lower income...
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The children of the conned liberals
Yesterday I took part in my first ever tweet storm.Together with several of my followers and followees, I tracked and quoted my way across the landscape of the fees debate, the vote and the...
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Science in context
So!It’s been a good while since I updated my blog so I thought I would start with a thrilling and exciting discussion on interactivity!Over the last few months I have been working at Techniquest in...
View Article“Take heed, all you homosexual sinners.”
I was born in Kent and Canterbury Hospital and grew up opposite the Sir William Nottidge School on Invicta Road. I spent my summers on Tankerton Slopes and my winters tobogganing alongside the Thanet...
View ArticleCWK vs EXAMS?
I did Sociology and Politics as my UG, a coursework heavy, exam light degree.I did badly at school compared to my predicted grades because I didn't put in the effort and coasted my way through exams.I...
View ArticleAcademies still give me the creeps...
It terrifies me the idea of private organisations funding schools and skewing curricula to produce people that are either aligned to their goals and ways of thinking or even worse, are ideal employees...
View ArticleIs PReP our next line of defence against HIV?
I am genuinely frightened of HIV.Being gay brings inherent complications and I think the one that troubles me the most is having to live with the knowledge that I am part of a group which is at higher...
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