British Scientists

Published items

0779

To be published soon

+92

Most viewed

Renaissance Maps of Paradise

Historian Alessandro Scafi on the four rivers of paradise, Calvin's mapping of Eden, and the first attempts to imagine heaven not on Earth

Type 2 Diabetes

Epidemiologist Nick Wareham on the discovery of insulin, clinical diagnostic tests for diabetes, and the thrifty metabolism hypothesis

Social Motivation

Neuroscientist Antonia Hamilton on the practical use of the neuropsychological laboratory research, the difference between static and dynamic image perception, and how motivation can be measured

Neuroscientist Karl Friston on different types of brain measurement techniques, people's reaction to emotional stimuli, and the possibility of brain mapping

Radiative Forcing of Climate Change

Physicist Joanna D. Haigh on greenhouse gases, the impact of aerosols on climate change, and how clouds reflect radiation

Biologist Tim Spector on the overall weight of our microbes, remembering our natural roots, and the importance of getting dirty

Genetics and Intelligence

Robert Plomin on IQ tests, genetic predispositions to higher or lower intelligence, and the Flynn Effect

Single-Particle Electron Microscopy

Richard Henderson on the advantages of cryomicroscopy, factors limiting new discoveries, and the history of molecular biology

Retroviruses in Gene Therapy

Molecular biologist Greg Towers on the great scientific challenges, the dangers of gene therapy, and the way in which it can treat cancer

Dysconnection Hypothesis of Schizophrenia

Neuroscientist Karl Friston on split personality, the nature of mental disorders, and the possibility of a therapeutic cure of schizophrenia.

© Serious Science, 2013-2022.