Tweet Year in Review
Each year I look back at my brain tweets in an effort to get a handle on what was hot & what was not. Here’s a synopsis of 2017’s neuroscience that made the news
Opting Out of Infirmity
Have you ever noticed that people seem to be ageing better these days than they did a few decades ago. For years I’ve been wondering why people in their sixties don’t look as old as they used to and I think I’ve finally figured it out…
Geek Chic live at the Soho Theatre
On Monday 23rd Oct our Geek Chic Weird Science podcast made its West End debut with a Halloween “Science of Vampires” Extravaganza at the Soho Theatre
Pregnancy Brain
Many women notice that their memory and other aspects of cognition seem to be affected by pregnancy. For ages it wasn’t clear whether ‘pregnancy brain’ was real or imagined. Thanks to a study published earlier this year, we now have some answers…
The Future of Deep Brain Stimulation
Deep Brain Stimulation therapy to treat brain illnesses like Parkinson’s Disease might one day be achieved, without surgery, by crossing electrical streams
Geek Chic Live at Latitude 2017
Episode 75 of Geek Chic’s Weird Science Podcast was filmed live at Latitude 2017 with special guests Robin Ince and Helen Keen. You can watch it here…
Tetris Terror Therapy
If I ever got caught up in a terrorist attack, shortly afterwards you’d find me playing Tetris on my phone
A Book Pairing for Summer 2017
I randomly picked up two books at the airport and found that they complemented each other perfectly… this ‘book pairing’ will open your eyes to the origins of man
Virtual Reality Arcade coming soon…
In June 2013 I asked a professor of virtual reality environments whether VR might lead to a comeback for the arcade. 4 years later Other Worlds arrives in London…
Geek Chic Live at Cheltenham Science Festival
Geek Chic Weird Science goes live at the Cheltenham Science Festival 10th June 2017