This week, the Pacific Dental Conference will bring dentists, dental technicians and many other professionals to Vancouver in search of the latest developments in dental science. Held in partnership with the Canadian Dental Association, the Vancouver conference is one of the biggest in North America...
Sitting. It’s something that most of take for granted, and we’ve even covered the basics here on the blog. As writers, we benefit from an ergonomic set-up that doesn’t lead to stresses and strains on the job. We’ve even taken a look at standing desks and...
While I have no difficulty understanding our previous blog post on ripples, I must confess to being a little adrift over the gravity surrounding the recent news. Although I’m totally caught up in the infectious scientific excitement of the whole announcement on detecting gravitational waves,...
#agarpocalypse Don't worry if this alarming piece of (non-)news slipped past your radar at the end of the year: the world is running out of seaweed! Not just any old seaweed, but the red stuff beloved of microbiology labs. https://twitter.com/StefanieVogt/status/667417029968855042 As reported breathlessly in the lab and science media, worldwide...
Amidst the excitement of the usual first-baby announcements and the seemingly impossible stories of twins born in different years that herald the start of another new year, you may have missed this snippet: the global science family also welcomed some new additions. Elements 113, 115, 117 and...