Posts by cmay
‘Bacterial World’ at the University of Oxford Museum of Natural History
February 25, 2019
Bacteria usually go unnoticed by most of the public – yet they have been and still are an essential component of life. The Bacterial World exhibition at The Museum of Natural History in Oxford brings the smallest of organisms into the spotlight, if not by the numerous images and artworks of the bacteria then certainly …
‘Superbugs: The Fight For Our Lives’ Exhibition Review
March 27, 2018
By Viviane Mignone, Postdoctoral Fellow The indiscriminate use of antibiotics over the last century has created a global threat that is responsible for approximately 700,000 deaths a year, worldwide. The current projections state that by 2050, 30 million people may die from a superbug infection. The attempts to stop this exponential rise of superbugs involves …
Blue Planet II: A Call to Action
February 9, 2018
By Daniele D’Agostino and Stephanie Heyworth, Postgraduate Research Students Each episode of Blue Planet II has been watched by an average audience of 10 million, and the series has already been sold to more than 30 countries, with the potential for the series to become a global hit. This is not surprising as the documentary …
