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Soapbox Science

Issue 102 - May 2018

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In this issue...

Soapbox Science: Create the things you wish existed by pulling yourself up by your bootstraps – Fiona Tatton, Womanthology Editor

From office to Batcave: Why a career in science doesn’t have to follow a linear path – Cylita Guy, Ph.D. student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto

Helping the public put a face to the word ‘scientist’ to show that we come in all shapes, sizes, ethnicities and genders – Dr. Maria Weber, Astrophysicist at the University of Chicago

Why science can’t exist without good communication and how software engineering is all about realising whatever is in your head using code – Dora Dzvonyar, Lecturer in Informatics at the Technical University of Munich

Crime scene investigations: Researching into forensic genetics and DNA intelligence to help us identify whodunnit – Anastasia Aliferi, Ph.D. student in the King’s Forensics group at King’s College London

Seizing the moment and helping to break the ‘old man in a white coat’ stigma in science – Toria Stafford, Ph.D. student in the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester

It Doesn’t Have To Hurt: Making a difference for children in pain – Dr. Christine Chambers, Professor of Paediatrics, Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University

From Electrical Engineer to Martian Scientist: Why information is power and diverse science is better science – Alfiah Rizky Diana Putri, Ph.D. student at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London

Becoming a ‘complex systems scientist’ to analyse how digital organisms evolve and cooperate – Dr. Jasmeen Kanwal, Research Fellow in the School of Biology at the University of St Andrews

Championing gender equality in science by challenging prehistoric attitudes and behaviours – Professor Tracy Kivell, Palaeoanthropologist at the University of Kent

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