A is for Aspirin

This blog has now moved. Join me for more pharmacological fun, and new and exciting explorations into the minute and magical world of molecules at.... http://themolecularcircus.wordpress.com/ See you there! K x

You may have noticed that posting frequency around here has been, for want of a better word, rubbish. I can only apologise. In the past few months I organised a wedding, got married, went on honeymoon, and throughout all of this continued to study my research masters. It turns out science is really demanding, and that thesis writing is not nearly as fun as blog writing, but is at least 100% more time consuming.  Gratuitous picture of me getting married to my lovely supportive […]

Last week I featured again on Any Other Woman, writing this time about the science behind anxiety and how to use the knowledge of how your body responds to panic to help deal with anxiety attacks. Just another demonstration of how knowing and understanding your body can be empowering and useful, as well as really freaking interesting.

Anyone in the vicinity of my Twitter feed today might have noticed I’m just a teensy bit annoyed about this. And for teensy bit annoyed, you can read blackout-inducingly angry. I’m not used to writing opinion pieces, I’m usually happily larking about with molecules named Larry, but I couldn’t watch that video and not respond. It made me simultaneously want to shoot someone and weep.  The European Commission wants to shift the stereotype that science is all about old men in […]

Today I am featured on the ace Any Other Woman, writing about the pill and how it works. Clare, Aisling and Anna have built a truly wonderful community of intelligent, smart, funny and brilliant women on their blog, and I'm honoured, and a teensy bit bouncy-over-excited, that they've given me space to get my geek on over there.  So come over, say hello, bring cake.  K x