Oct 21, 2015 | Secondary, Young Scientists Journal
This post first appeared on the Lunar Mission One website on 12th October 2015. Where would astronomy be without the breakthroughs of early career researchers? Consider the following scientists, who made their names whilst still young: Johannes Kepler was only 25 when he defended the Copernican solar system model, which places the Sun and not Earth at the centre of the solar system. William K Hartmann proposed the now widely-accepted Giant Impact Hypothesis about the origin of the Moon while he was still in his 30s. It was the...
Sep 14, 2015 | Business, Secondary, Young Scientists Journal
Coco-pops, beanbags and motivational posters: my first impressions on entering the Outbox Incubator house last Friday. The collective brainpower concentrated in that one house was almost palpable, getting its breakfast fuelling. I was invited to give a two-hour seminar on communication skills – writing in particular – and by the time I left the Outbox inmates already had a number of blogs and other written assignments in gestation, now since published. I thought I’d better practice what I preach and end my summer blog...
Mar 8, 2015 | Communication, Primary, Secondary, Updates, Young Scientists Journal
This blog post is taken from a talk I gave at the Royal Society on 6th March 2015 at an event celebrating 350 years of scientific journals, starting in 1665 with the publication of Philosophical Transactions, which is still published today. As part of Publishing 350, the Royal Society has partnered with Young Scientists Journal to publish articles produced by schools in receipt of its Partnership Grants. This special collaborative issue is due in early July. It was a fantastic opportunity, if somewhat daunting, to be speaking at the...
