Speak human to me, scientist!
Science can be difficult to understand. But if you are not in with the latest jargon, in can be practically incomprehensible. And here's why that's a bad thing...
Standing up for science – does making science comedy help scientists?
To laugh or not to laugh with/at science?
(R)evolutionary Nobel, 2018 – Chemistry
The Nobel prize week is often compared to the Oscars of the scientific world. Who won and what were they wearing?
To milk or not to milk – does adding milk to your coffee decreases the kick you get?
What does coffee do to you? And does adding milk to your cup changes that?
Nanotechnology – a silver bullet against food and packaging waste?
Now that we made food and packaging waste become such a major public heath and environmental problem, lets see what we can do to solve it.
Going viral – how much of our DNA is truly human?
We share 99% of our genome with chimps. But how much of the rest one percent is truly ours? Read on to find out some of the mysteries of our genes
Pink elephants – how and why animals get intoxicated?
Humans are known for various substance abuse, but would you be surprised if I told you that animals do it too?
Picky pollinators and the butterfly effect of losing them
All you need to know about plant sex and the animals involved in the foreplay.
Elizabeth Cole-Kodikara – Among the stars (The Poster Session, part 7)
Here's Elizabeth - a friend I met during my Master's in Helsinki. A wonderful person, a super smart scientist, and an amazing chef pâtissier!
“Mirror mirror on the wall” and other intelligence related musings
We take for granted that mirrors are something to look at when we want to explore our own body as seen by the rest of the world. But this behavior took a long time to evolve and it is also strictly cultural.