Next year, after finishing my degree, I will train to become a secondary school science teacher. This is very exciting, but also daunting: aside from the boisterous and unpredictable behaviour of teenagers, the hefty workload, and the high–pressure school environment, I will have the unenviable task of taking complex scientific...
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Each year, five Nobel prizes are awarded to those who have ‘conferred the greatest benefit to humankind’ in the preceding year. What work did the three science prizes – for Chemistry, Physics and Medicine – celebrate in 1973? Physics: To Leo Esaki and Ivar Giaever “for their experimental discoveries...
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Our society is currently undergoing a reform. In the past fifty years substantial effort has been exerted to encourage diversity and inclusion, not only in the workplace, but everywhere. And to an extent, its worked. Data from The Royal Society shows a 7% increase in the proportion of ethnic minorities...
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