As geeky is now cool and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) jokes are mainstream, on t-shirts and television, some might think that all the old jokes have been overused. At the same time, many STEM professionals all over the place are being encouraged to take to social media to share their research and raise the … Continue reading The Best Twitter Science Humour
The Best ‘Alternative’ Geeky Posters
So every September millions of students excited to be living independently go about making their new flat or house feel like a home away from home. Part of this, or at least part of it for many of the students I know (including myself), is getting a few cool posters to adorn my new walls … Continue reading The Best ‘Alternative’ Geeky Posters
Thermodynamics Playlist
Following on from my recent materials playlist and elements playlist, I decided to do another 'sciencey' collection of music, and so continuing in the field of materials science I thought I would do a thermodynamics playlist, especially as it was a topic I was revising for my summer exams. Listen to the Spotify playlist here: … Continue reading Thermodynamics Playlist
Periodic Table of Elements Playlist
Inspired by Materials World's recent #materialsplaylist game on Twitter I decided that I would make a more complete and structured playlist of "materials". While looking up songs I found both Materials World's #materialsplaylist 2013 and this very useful list of songs featuring gold. I found that there were too many instrumental and heavy metal songs … Continue reading Periodic Table of Elements Playlist
Materials Playlist
Inspired by Materials World's recent #materialsplaylist game on Twitter I decided that I would make a more complete and structured playlist of "materials". While looking up songs I found both Materials World's #materialsplaylist 2013 and this very useful list of songs featuring gold. I found that there were too many instrumental and heavy metal songs … Continue reading Materials Playlist
UK School STEM Competition Directory
Science Technology Engineering & Maths (STEM) The list of STEM competitions, events and awards available to pre-university students in the UK. If you know of any that I have not included in the list then comment and let me know! I am hoping to update soon to include tags on the competitions if they are … Continue reading UK School STEM Competition Directory
Fictional Things Now Fact
Okay so are actually also a lot of things that we can actually build that we used to portray in fiction in general popular culture that for a very long time we would laugh at and secretly wish we could actually build and own for ourselves. Actually thanks to a combination of lots of clever … Continue reading Fictional Things Now Fact
Iconic Engineering Images
Following on from fictional engineers I couldn't help wondering whether the iconic 'things' of a subject have any influence on the stereotypes? You see, when people say biology then the iconic DNA double helix appears in my head and similarly the LHC or space for physics. Yet for some reason we are not really as … Continue reading Iconic Engineering Images
Space is big. Really big.
"Space," it says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space, listen..." - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams One of the things that has long … Continue reading Space is big. Really big.
The Ballad of Vacuum Science
THE BALLAD OF VACUUM SCIENCE We don’t look at Dyson hoovers (they’re just short of atmosphere) We are several orders magnitude Down in pressure round here. We study right across the scales- Low, high to UHV- In the depths of space Is the best that you can see! But pressures low as that Are hard … Continue reading The Ballad of Vacuum Science
Blue Pigeons 