The Science of Music
Every year towards the end of July, Sheffield hosts the music festival Tramlines. As the line goes in one of Madonna’s song Music “music makes the people come together”, and they certainly do when...
View ArticleThe Science of Yoga and Meditation
The academic year has started. September is always the busiest month of the year. No one has time for any real relaxation as everyone rushes around trying to fit everything into their schedule. Stress...
View ArticleThe Science of Fear
What is your favourite scary movie? I don’t think I have one, but I did see some very good movies at Celluloid Screams, the Sheffield horror film festival at the Showroom....
View ArticleChristmas Lecture 2015
For the 2015 Christmas Lecture, we were joined by Professor Tony Prescott and some of the team from Sheffield Robotics. The lecture was entitled “Are friends electric? Our future lives with robots” and...
View ArticleGet Smarter: Improve your brainpower
Do you regularly do puzzles, brain-teasers or even brain training? I’ll bet you probably think that you are improving your mind by doing so. Well actually, brain training is one of the few things that...
View ArticleUse Science To Get Healthy
My apologies for not writing a proper blog this month, but December has been a busy month for me. Instead I have provided a special collection of previous blogs aptly titled to get you fit and healthy...
View ArticleThe Science of Dreaming
What is the most bizarre dream you have ever had? For thousands of years, many have written about dreams and a few people have received inspiration from their dreams, including some scientists....
View ArticleZombies (in nature)!
With Halloween just past us, the Walking Dead has made its comeback (yay walk-tober!) and the scientists inside gets us all thinking- are there really a possibility for zombies to exist? Can these...
View Article5 Books Recommendations for Aspiring Biologists
We’re halfway through the first semester of term and there is already a lot of work to be done, lectures to catch up on, assignments due and a lot of recommended reading that can be quite boring at...
View ArticleEngineering a Memory with Optogenetics
Memories are mysterious and can be irritatingly illusive – is there anything more frustrating than the feeling of knowing something, of it being on the tip of your tongue, only for it to remain...
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