How the Nobel Prize helps us find out where we are, in every sense
The Nobel Prizes were announced this week, and the people and findings that are given the most significant award in science can tell us a lot about where… Read more »
Latest posts by Anna Perman (see all)
- How the Nobel Prize helps us find out where we are, in every sense - 9th October 2014
- Developing a more tolerant tummy - 15th August 2014
- From Shell shock to PTSD – a century of military psychology - 28th July 2014
Developing a more tolerant tummy
Woodrats living in the deserts of the US have a pretty poor selection of foods on offer. Juniper bushes and cactuses used to make up the majority of their diet.… Read more »
From Shell shock to PTSD – a century of military psychology
In the history of medicine, it’s a rather morbid fact that war often leads to great medical breakthroughs – as the weapons of war change, doctors… Read more »
Make your mealtimes more tasteful
Research published today in our journal Flavour shows that food arranged to resemble famous artworks tastes better than food in a traditional or neat… Read more »
Bug Files – the holiday romance with a nasty bite
It’s nearly summer, and the time when lots of us in the northern hemisphere head off for our holidays in search of sun and fun. While you’re packing for… Read more »
Walking, but not flying, with moas
Ever since seeing this amazing computer reconstruction of moas on David Attenborough’s Life of Birds, I’ve been slightly obsessed by them. These giant… Read more »
Peer Review – ‘chipped’, not broken
Highlights of our Liveblog of #prwdebate
The world's largest sequenced genome is just the start
Today the genome of the loblolly pine was published in Genome Biology – the largest yet sequenced. This paper is mostly important because the authors made… Read more »
Open minds, open access and the future of brain research
This post was jointly written by Elizabeth Bal, Natalia Manrique and Anna Perman Inside each of our heads is a vital organ that determines what we remember,… Read more »
Sorting the neurotrash
The media is full of research about how our brains work, but how can we know whether to believe the spin that the news puts on neuroscience findings? In this… Read more »