“This vampire bat knows when you are sleeping, and it knows that you are you” … so begins one of my favourite recommendations on F1000 of the more gruesome papers. In it, Faculty Member Kent Berridge highlights research showing how vampire bats can recognize human breathing patterns well enough to keep coming back to feed…
Many thanks to our three entrants for their superb video entries! The competition is now closed and we’re pleased to announce the winner. We hope all our voters enjoyed learning about ongoing research in Prof Brain’s lab at KCL, investigations into the cell biology of osteoarthritis at Manchester University and the study of congenital nevi…
To celebrate the first anniversary of the F1000 Specialists programme, we invite all F1000 Specialists to film a short video about research in their lab. Each F1000 Specialist who submits a video will receive a £10 Amazon voucher and a chance to win a further £50 for most ‘liked video’.
Professor Sir Michael Marmot, our Head of Faculty in Public Health, will be interviewed by Kirsty Young on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs this Sunday. Sir Michael is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London and has spent his career investigating the key factors in leading a long and healthy life,…
Everyone likes a good science joke, so on Friday, we asked our Twitter followers what their favourites were…
A round-up of the most popular Tweets from @F1000, as well as a taste of some of the science jokes we’ve been giggling at all day…
Many thanks to all our Twitter followers who indulged us on Friday and sent in their best science-related jokes. Having laughed (and groaned) our way through the entries, we’ve now picked our favourites. The winners will be notified on Twitter, and will each receive a tin of luxury biscuits from Fortnum & Mason – biscuits…
Guess when the 120,000th evaluation will be published for your chance to win some swag.
The other week we were comparing notes on the seriousness of articles published in certain leading journals. One of the papers was reporting on a trial, Does the fly matter? The CRACKPOT study in evidence based trout fishing. Another was the notorious Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic…
