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Most new-born mammals and some reptiles emerge from their mothers through the usual channels. But baby birds are stuck cracking open eggshells – but why?...
Who doesn’t love a cuddle? Whether it is from a pet or a person they just make us feel good. But, would you believe wrapping your arms around someone else...
Field work. It sounds like a lot of fun! Scientists get to travel the world visiting exotic locations seeing and experiencing incredible things. But in...
35 million flights will take off and land this year. Each flight is tracked on the ground by air traffic control and there’s technology on the plane. But...
Most people use their phones every single day for communicating with others, using the Internet, playing games via apps. But there’s nothing worse than...
You can’t turn on the TV or read a newspaper article without a daily reporting of crime. As technology and computer algorithms advance we want to know if...
I’m an evolutionary biologist and work mostly with big reptiles, like crocs, birds and dinosaurs. I’m one of those annoying people who always knew what they...
immune system fights back. This process seemed to me almost like a finely orchestrated game of wits! I went on to do my PhD in immunology from the Indian...
From a young age I’ve always been interested in space. I wanted a telescope for my birthday when my friends all wanted bikes. So when it came to choosing my...
I am a DPhil student in Condensed Matter Physics, part of the Physics and Application of Soluble Semiconductors group working with Prof Donal Bradley. My...
I’ve always been a fish geek, being given an aquarium for my 5th birthday and fascinated by the aquatic world ever since. After finishing with a degree in...
I am from a family of artists and grew up to think that passion means knowing what you want and going through any walls that separate you from your goal....
I studied medicine in Edinburgh, and moved to Oxford to train clinically in psychiatry. I became interested in forensic psychiatry after working in secure...
I’m originally from Lisbon, Portugal where I finished my degree in 2006. My first real contact with science was when I moved to London to the School of...
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Bacterial World
A new exhibition is aiming to show the positive impact of bacteria.
Bacteria World at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History has 55 exhibits, including a 92ft (28m) long inflatable E.coli sculpture.
Director Paul Smith promised the exhibition would explore "our very intimate relationships with bacteria".
Specimens...