I would like to introduce Smaranda Fillip, a colleague of mine who is studying towards her MD at my old alma mater, the University of Queensland, in addition to studying in New Orleans as part ...
Recently the University of Queensland ran the annual Molecular Design Contest, where students use pymol or related software to create a stunning image of a macromolecule of their choice. This is a contest I helped ...
Written by William Godfrey and Christopher Weir. Before we get into the article, I would first like to welcome the newest addition to our writing team here at Mostly Science, William Godfrey. Will and ...
Today, May 8th, is #WorldOvarianCancerDay and I started thinking again about the above question. Why is it that mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 predispose to developing breast or ovarian cancer but usually not cancers ...
1 million. That’s around how many people die each year from malaria, with most victims mere children. In fact by the time my three minutes are up, up to 5 or 6 more people would ...
An interesting question, and one most people do not bother to consider, is why. Why do these people have such strong anti-science opinions?
The cartoon linked here sums up pretty neatly a lot of things that are hard about being a scientist. If only science were as neat and pretty as what the press release sites and the ...
Our world was a very different place before 1928, when Sir Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic. Weaponless we as humans were, much more vulnerable to the microscopic pathogens around us.
Recently a reader asked us the below question "I would like to know what fallacy this is: It cannot be proven that there are not other life forms living in the caves of Mars, therefore ...
Recently I was asked by a friend in Indonesia why there seems to be a growing rejection of science-based medical marvels such as vaccination in my own highly developed country of Australia. This is actually ...
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