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  • The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019)

    The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley The story of Theranos, a multi-billion dollar tech company, its founder Elizabeth Holmes, the youngest self-made female billionaire, and the massive fraud that collapsed the company. I love watching documentaries, and during the pandemic, I whizzed through a whole bunch of them! I was happy to find…

  • 5 Reasons Why Reading is Good for You

    Every year I make the same resolution – to read more. A few years ago I resolved to read 52 books in one year. It didn’t work. Being a so-called millennial, I remember the time when there was no social media. The internet was around, but you needed a dial-up modem and it took fifteen…

  • New sickle cell treatment given to first patients in England

    There is a new sickle cell treatment now being given to patients in England! Sickle Cell Disease is a debilitating condition that predominantly affects black people. It is a painful condition that requires constant treatment and can lead to what is known as sickle cell ‘crises’. If patients are not treated, they are left in…

  • What’s the latest with COVID-19?

    According to an editorial in Nature (dated 10 Jan 2022), it is time for us to come to terms with the fact that COVID-19 is here to stay. Given the amount of pandemic fatigue there is at the moment, many people have already come to terms with it. However, as Nature states, this doesn’t mean…

  • 5 Science-Related Podcasts To Listen To

    1. The Dropout Money. Romance. Tragedy. Deception. The story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos is an unbelievable tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong. How did the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire lose it all in the blink of an eye? How did the woman once heralded as “the next Steve Jobs” find herself…

  • The impact of food poverty on society | part 2

    In the previous part, I spoke about food insecurity and how it impacts the lives of many around the world. In this part, we’ll be learning what food insecurity is, and what measures are being taken to combat it and the last impact it has on society. Food security is made up of four different…

  • What do we know about the latest coronavirus variant, ‘Omicron’?

    There is a new variant of COVID-19, the virus that has caused a global pandemic that began in early 2020 and shows no signs of letting up. Here’s what we know about it: Official name – SARS-CoV-2 variant: B.1.1.529. Classified on 26/11/22 by WHO and named Omicron First reported to WHO on 24/11/21 First discovered…

  • It always seems impossible until it’s done

    I was looking for something to post when I came across this quote and it made me stop and think. Every so often, I get anxious about not writing enough or writing fast enough (see my previous post and the lack of part two!). That, in turn, makes me think that I shouldn’t bother anyway.…

  • The impact of food poverty on society | part 1

    “Food poverty is contributing to social unrest. Add school closures, redundancies, and furloughs into the equation and we have an issue that could negatively impact generations to come. It all starts with stability around access to food.” – Marcus Rashford, Manchester United/England Football Player Last year, Marcus Rashford, a young professional footballer threw himself headfirst…

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2021

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Breast cancer affects 55,000 women every year in the UK and 7.8m worldwide over the past five years, with 2.3m women being diagnosed in 2020 alone. Men can also be diagnosed with breast cancer. They make up 0.5-1% of breast cancer patients. Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer…