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Helen Czerski

March 2017

  • Yuval Noah Harari.

    You ask the questions
    Yuval Noah Harari: ‘Homo sapiens as we know them will disappear in a century or so’

    The visionary historian, author of two dazzling bestsellers on the state of mankind, takes questions from Lucy Prebble, Arianna Huffington, Esther Rantzen and a selection of our readers

January 2017

  • Reflection? Refraction? Helen Czerski explains it all.

    Storm in a Teacup by Helen Czerski review – physics for first-timers

    The physicist and oceanographer explains the science of everyday things – from popping popcorn to spilling coffee – with erudition and enthusiasm

October 2016

  • Holding thermometer in hot tea. Helen Czerski Scientist

    Helen Czerski: ‘Physics isn’t all quantum weirdness. It’s about daily life’

    She’s a ‘bubble scientist’ on a mission to broaden understanding of the physics of the everyday world – take the foam on your cappuccino…

September 2015

  • Robin Ince, London, Britain - 23 Jun 2010<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Susannah Ireland/REX (1200478c) Robin Ince Robin Ince, London, Britain - 23 Jun 2010

    Notes & Theories
    The pub quiz with explosions, experiments and (quantum) entanglement

    Dismayed at the dearth of detonation in regular pub quizzes, Robin Ince and The Incomplete Map of the Cosmic Genome have decided to host their own ...

June 2014

  • house of cards

    Head quarters
    Physics envy: Do ‘hard’ sciences hold the solution to the replication crisis in psychology?

    Chris Chambers: The physical sciences may be centuries ahead of psychology, but by listening and learning we have the chance to catch up

May 2014

  • Closeup of John Harrison's H3 sea clock

    Political science
    Longitude Prize 2014: six great challenges of our time – as it happened

    Jessica Bland is at the BBC in London for the unveiling of the shortlist for the Longitude Prize 2014 – a £10m fund to solve one of the greatest problems of our time

December 2013

  • Bookies

    Scientists tell us their favourite jokes: 'An electron and a positron walked into a bar…'

    Science is a very serious business, so what tickles a rational mind? In a not very scientific experiment, we asked a sample of great minds for their favourite jokes

October 2013

  • Christopher Columbus

    The Wellcome Trust 2013 winning entry: where did syphilis come from?

    Did Columbus really bring syphilis back with him from the New World, asks Katherine Wright, winner of the 2013 Wellcome Trust science writing prize

August 2013

  • Occam's corner
    Scientists confess via Twitter

    Athene Donald: It all goes to show scientists are not the emotionless, white-coated nerds of old-fashioned stereotyping

July 2013

  • Notes & Theories
    Why we created The Incomplete Map of the Cosmic Genome

  • Prof Brian Cox and Robin Ince

    A peek at The Incomplete Map of the Cosmic Genome - video

February 2013

  • Ewan Birneyx

    Scientists and their emotions: the highs ... and the lows

    Computational biologist Ewan Birney describes the elation of making a breakthrough while three other scientists tell us how their work plays on their emotions

April 2012

  • View of the ocean from the James Clark Ross survey ship

    A scientific log from the Southern Ocean
    Antarctic researchers answer your questions – live ship-to-land Q&A

    On Tuesday, 1-2pm, scientists on board a British Antarctic Survey vessel will respond to readers' questions about their research over the past month and what it may reveal about the mechanics of the Earth's weather and climate systems

May 2011

  • Presenters of BBC Bang Goes The Theory

    Notes & Theories
    It's true – there are too few women presenting science on TV

    Kim Shillinglaw, BBC commissioning editor for science and natural history, responds to accusations that not enough women are given the chance to present science on TV

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