Archive: Science
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Jun 28, 2011
No CommentsBook Review: Automatic Lover
Not so long ago I got sent Automatic Lover by it’s author Ariadne Tampion. She called it a steamy love story for geeks. Now one thing I will say before I go any further, this is not a book...
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Mar 25, 2011
No CommentsFirst Female President of the RSC & she’s Scottish!
Back when I was still at university (a while ago now) I got invited to a Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) black tie event in London at the National Gallery as a friend of a scientist. The event was interesting but one thing that...
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Mar 23, 2011
No CommentsFirst Female Awarded Young Scientist of the Year
Every year young scientists and engineers put together interesting and exciting projects in the hope that they will achieve the accolade of national scientist or engineer of the year. Until now this has always been won by men. To date there had never been a single female winner, but...
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May 10, 2010
No CommentsScience Hackday at The Guardian
The Guardian have recently announced that they are running a Science Hackday at their London offices. There are already plenty of interesting attendees signed up but I think they need the help of all the geeks out...
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Mar 18, 2010
No CommentsResearch: Help Get Girls & Women into SET
Next Thursday, March 25, 2010, AAUW will release a new report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, which focuses on innovative ways to help girls and women succeed in ...
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Mar 16, 2010
No CommentsStudentville: An alternative use for a Digital Photo Frame
Some years ago I got a Digital Photoframe, and recently it’s just been used for pictures but it got me thinking about how I used to use it. So far this is what I’ve come up with: Photoframe FlashCards...
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Feb 26, 2010
No CommentsAda Lovelace Inspirations & Pledge
If you remember, last year brought the very first Ada Lovelace Day, Founded by Suw Charman-Anderson where loads and loads of bloggers, male and female wrote about their geeky, science, technology and mathematical inspirations. Well it’s coming...
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Feb 10, 2010
No CommentsEducation: Legally Blonde The Musical
A number of weeks back I was invited along to Legally Blonde the Musical, it was the Gala evening and all the stars were out in support of the event. I was fortunate enough to be...
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Feb 04, 2010
No CommentsHelping More Women onto the Speaker Circuits
We are still seeing significantly less women than men on the speaker circuits in the technology industry. Whilst many conference organizers aren’t too worried about this, there are a few who are looking to make change happen in this area. Andy Budd of...
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Jan 31, 2010
No CommentsWhat do Skiing, Snowboarding & C Have in Common?
A short while ago I came across a fantastic little tweet courtesy of my lovely followers! It was all about a new board game which I’m hoping to get my hands on to review and see how...
