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Category: STEM

  • How ‘the future’ connects across subjects

    How ‘the future’ connects across subjects

    By Jennifer Gidley ‘Today’s world is complex and unreliable. Tomorrow is expected to be more so.’ – Jennifer M. Gidley, The Future: A Very Short Introduction From the beginning of time, humanity has been driven by a paradox: fearing the unknown but with a constant curiosity to know. Over time, science and technology have developed, meaning that we are…

  • So you want to be a world-famous scientist?

    So you want to be a world-famous scientist?

    Here are five tips based on success stories of the past but designed for ambitious young women of today In 1909, the Australian suffragist Muriel Matters hit headlines around the world when she flew over London in a dirigible, showering the crowds below her with thousands of campaign leaflets. Although British women were still not…