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Eureka Live: The Brain
Side view of the human brain. The second Eureka Live debate at Wellcome Collection was a sell-out – a bit of a no-brainer as the subject was one of the most universally fascinating of all: the brain....
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History of Medicine: One woman’s poison
Portrait of Gesche Gottfried With the era of personalised medicine approaching it’s becoming clearer that what works for one person won’t necessarily for someone else: one man’s (or woman’s) medicine...
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Guest post: Hands and handedness
Chris McManus This Friday, Wellcome Collection hosts an evening spectacular celebrating the wondrousness of the human hand. In the run up to the event, we hear from some of those taking part in the...
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Eye on the ball
Jumpers for goal posts When studying eye movement, it is easy to imagine someone sitting in a darkened room, following a dot around a computer screen. New research suggests that the future of this...
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Guns, knives and bombs: the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
X-ray image of a bag. The Royal Society’s annual Summer Science Exhibition gives the public a chance to meet the scientists behind some of the most recent research advances and experience first-hand...
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Mind tricks and memories: sneaking a peek at the Royal Institution Christmas...
Professor Bruce Hood giving the 2011 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures Lydia Harriss gets a sneak peek of this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Today’s my lucky day. I’m hurriedly led up...
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The long and the short of it: how gene length could influence our emotions
Prof. Elaine Fox What causes mental illnesses such as anxiety disorder or depression? Are some people more likely to develop these conditions than others? What is the best way to treat them? These are...
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It’s going to work better – how do we change commuter behaviour?
Photo by Dimitry B Standing at London Bridge underground station recently, I was startled by the disembodied voice of the Mayor brusquely advising caution around my travel plans over the Olympic...
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Optimism and pessimism: What makes us who we are?
Some people appear to be incurable pessimists, seeing the negative in everything. Others are upbeat and optimistic convinced they could cope with whatever life throws at them. At the extremes, these...
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On desire and reflections of self
What does our perception of Female Sexual Dysfunction say about our societal perception of female sexuality, desire, and indeed our reflection of ourselves? Katherine Angel discusses. My academic...
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The smell of music
Sound and vision are not the only senses that work together – new studies show that even sound and smell can form an unlikely pairing, writes Cassie Barton. This essay won the General category in the...
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We are what we repeatedly do
We’re publishing the shortlisted entries to the 2012 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize. Here, Dave MacLeod on what our habits tell us about ourselves. Imagine how difficult life would be if you...
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Darwin and the blush
By Professor Ray Crozier In this year of Charles Darwin celebrations, it is worthwhile to reflect on the his contribution to psychology, through brief consideration of his writing on that enigmatic...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-up 15.06.15
Our fortnightly round-up of news from the Wellcome Trust Community Green light for quit-smoking drug? Researchers have found that there is no strong evidence that a drug commonly used to treat nicotine...
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