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Science April Fools
April Fools by Community Friend on Flickr It’s April Fools Day and as always science offers rich-pickings. After all, real discoveries can be so incredulously strange. Here are a few I was totally not...
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Science and Design
Evidence Dolls by Dunne and Raby uses 100 plastic dolls to provoke discussion about the impact of genetic technology on young single women Tomorrow night Wellcome Collection’s Supper Club welcomes...
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Replay: Walking on fire
Over the past few years, the Wellcome Trust has made over 100 films about science, medicine and their crossover with culture. In a new series, our Multimedia Editors highlight some films you may have...
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Researchers – where are you discussing science online?
Over the weekend I attended the annual Science Online London conference (report of that to follow), which brings together a ”global mix of technologists, data curators, science communicators and...
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The data debate: is transparency bad for science?
Last week our Director, Sir Mark Walport, took part in a debate at Imperial College London about data transparency, freedom of information and whether this is good or bad for science. Organised by...
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Is there beauty in raw scientific data?
What do artists and scientists think of as ‘beautiful’ and do their outlooks differ? Dr Marjet Elemans and colleagues find out. Although discoveries shape the way we live, the creative process and...
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Puns and prototypes: behind-the-scenes at ‘Gamify your PhD’
“Addictive, challenging and educational,” that was the remit for the 6 teams taking part in this week’s ‘Gamify you PhD’ event at the Wellcome Trust. The two-day hack event brought together PhD...
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The naming of the genes
We’re publishing the shortlisted entries to the 2012 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize. Today, Audrey Nailor on where scientists get their wonderful names for things. Cheap Date. ShavenBaby. Tinman....
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Postdoc Plan B – The elephant in the lab
Kathryn Lougheed on the difficult career choices facing postdoctoral scientists. Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and not necessarily those of the Wellcome Trust....
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Authentic Biology in schools – 5 years down the line
Student scientists taking part in the MBP2 project The MBP2 project put real scientific research in the hands of A-level students at a school in Kent. Five years later and the initiative has spread....
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How do you really feel about biomedical science?
One of the infographics from the Wellcome Trust Monitor. See more at http://wellc.me/19ASRrU The Wellcome Trust Monitor explores public attitudes about biomedical science. Now in its second...
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June 2013 public engagement events
Credit: Daredevil Labs The sun has finally arrived and just in time for festival season too. Make the most of the good weather and get out and about to some of the fantastic events supported by the...
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The Art and Science of Recognising Yourself
As a new art installation by Mark Boulos, Echo, explores the nature of self-recognition and representation, his collaborator, Cognitive Neuroscientist Professor Olaf Blanke, explains a little more...
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Is there a place for the arts in the medical curriculum?
Image credit: Hugo Glendinning This autumn, London-based performing arts company, Clod Ensemble and Wales Millennium Centre presented Performing Medicine: The Anatomy Season. This a series of...
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UK Life Sciences Organisations call on Government to Protect Science Budget
We’re joining almost 200 other life sciences organisations – from funders to pharmaceuticals companies – to ask the UK government to protect its investment in science in the forthcoming Spending...
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