An astrobiologist, two comedians and an urge to communicate science to the public walked into a bar… well actually, they met up for dinner.

An astrobiologist, two comedians and an urge to communicate science to the public walked into a bar… well actually, they met up for dinner.


Short, engaging description of what researchers need to know about predatory journals (and how to avoid them).

If you need a good laugh, watch comedian James Veitch talk about his experiences responding to spam email.

Rejection is a part of life, especially for scientists, so you need to learn how to deal with it!

A podcast that discusses how to get media coverage for your research.

Watching paint dry is boring at a macroscopic level, but it’s actually really interesting at a microscopic level!

The world’s oldest continuous fire is known as ‘Burning Mountain’ North of Sydney, and has been burning non-stop for at least 6000 years.

All our ancestors had plenty of fur. According to a new study on relatively hairless mammals, we still have the means to be hirsute. Those genes, it seems, have simply been switched off.