Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism, and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100
A review of the book by Marta Zaraska exploring the social determinants of longevity.
Climate induced hunger – climate change threatens food security (The Food Diaries, part three)
Hunger has many different faces and is a truly global problem. The world population experiences hunger in more ways than previously thought. Climate change is only making it worse.
Is science communication about nutrition a mission impossible? (The Food Diaries, part two)
How do we provide useful nutrition advice to people? Is science conclusive and how to communicate this without oversimplifying?
Obesity and diabetes – things you need to know (The Food Diaries, part one)
It is diabetes awareness month and I figured, I'll challenge myself to draw together some hopefully useful information on metabolic diseases (and food in general) in a series called The Food Diaries. Only science, no fads!
Global solutions to climate change (#EEF2019Lisbon overview)
My first sustainability conference and I'd like to share some highlights, half way through.
Plastics or Planet?
Plastic pollution - this is what a social media quarrel and the world environment day led me to write for my return to blogging. Read, react, share, comment!
Science outreach and education in languages other than English is important and here is the evidence (Workshop recaps, 2)
A webinar of my talk at the GHI Congress - audio, slides and all.
Speed-dating a scientist – A Pint of Science Valentine’s day
I'm not much of St Valentine's person - once in my life I did something for the occasion and it felt forced and weird, so nowadays I go abut my day as any other. Not the last Valentine's day though - that was one special one!
Do or don’t: why taking pre- and probiotics deserves thinking twice?
Many bacteria live in our bodies in a peaceful and even beneficial manner. But is there any truth to trying to add extra of the good guys in a pill form? Here's some of the science on this...
Tea vs coffee – an age old dispute not based in science
Why some of us prefer coffee and others feel their hearts exploding after the smallest cup? How does caffeine and theine affect our body differently?