by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
Y Chromosome We learn from a young age that if a fertilised egg carries XX chromosomes it will be a girl, but with XY it will be a boy. This male Y sex chromosome has lost many genes along its evolution over the past 180 million years and now only ab...
by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
"I'm thankful for my struggle, for without it I wouldn't have stumbled across my strength." - Alex Elle Breaking up is hard to do. AJ & Jordan Harbinger of The Art of Charm go over some 'best-practices' for planning and managing the end of a re...
by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
Jordan's Note: this is the 7-year anniversary episode of The Art of Charm Podcast. Since we couldn't and wouldn't have ever done this without your support, I've written a special letter to you, the fans, at the end, so stay tuned for it. Here's to an...
by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
How sperm recognises the egg The discovery of a protein on mammalian sperm almost a decade ago, sparked the search for the corresponding receptor on the egg. Now researchers in the UK have found this receptor in mouse egg cells. They propose to call...
by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
"Your actions speak so loudly, I can not hear what you are saying." - Ralph Waldo Emerson In the latest installment of The Art of Charm Toolbox, Justin Jensen, an instructor at The Art of Charm discusses reading body language, why it's important and...
by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
Whaling The International Court of Justice in the Hague recently ruled that Japan should stop whaling in the Antarctic “for scientific purposes.” They found that the primary purpose of the science programme, JARPAII, was not science. In that case, wh...
by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
Calorie restriction Careful restriction of the number of calories eaten, without causing malnutrition, extends the lifespan of numerous organisms – from worms to mice – but whether it works in monkeys is controversial. Building on results from a long...
by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
School Report on Fracking This week, Inside Science is taken over by BBC School Reporters and Melissa Hogenboom eavesdrops on a school in Lancashire, preparing their report on fracking. They discuss the issues very local to them, as well as the wider...
by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
Cosmic Inflation and Gravity waves Scientists in the BICEP 2 Group say they've found the earliest rumbles of the Big Bang. Theory predicts how the universe first expanded. Now we have the first observation of the phenomenon behind it. The universe wa...
by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
Are black boxes outdated technology? With GPS widely available in everyday gadgets like mobile phones, how could Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 just disappear? Adam Rutherford speaks to Dr Matt Greaves, a Lecturer in Accident Investigation at Cranfie...
by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
Chemical weapons Disposing of Syria's chemical weapons is a difficult task, both politically and technically. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), responsible for the decommissioning, has kitted out a special ship, the MV...
by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
In this long-awaited edition of The Art of Charm Toolbox, AJ & Jordan Harbinger outline some of the basics of solid vocal tonality, including drills and exercises to improve your voice and hone your pitch, cadence and tone, as well as begin to el...
by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
Neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis is one of the world's leading researchers into using the mind to control machines. He is involved in the "Walk Again Project" which aims to build a suit that a paraplegic person can wear and control so that he or she c...
by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
Bees - Nearly all bees in the UK suffering serious declines. They're mostly threatened by habitat and land-use change. But disease also plays a part. Adam Rutherford talks to Professor Mark Brown about new work he's done looking at the evidence of di...
by Heidi Harley - 10 years ago
Whales from Space. Scientists have demonstrated how new satellite technology can be used to count whales, and ultimately estimate their population size. Using Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery, alongside image processing software, they wer...