Working Scientist: The career costs of COVID-19
How postdocs and PhD students are paying the price. Closed labs and rescinded job offers have snatched away opportunities. I find out if science can bounce back.
How postdocs and PhD students are paying the price. Closed labs and rescinded job offers have snatched away opportunities. I find out if science can bounce back.
Who doesn't love a good rainbow? There’s something so magical about them. Red and Orange and Yellow and Green and Blue and Purple! They brighten up everyone’s day. But where do the colours come from? And what happens if you…
I investigate how brain drains and demographic time bombs are forcing some countries to rethink the postdoc.
Ahoy me hearties! In this episode we be talking explosions with ye. OK. I give up. I don't think I’d ever make a very good pirate, as Phil points out to me in the show. Apparently I’m too refined… So,…
What is a postdoc and why undertake one? I get some metaphorical answers to a complicated question.
Some of us (nod to Phil) enjoy a good chat. We could talk for Ireland, so they say. Others have the voice of angels (no nod to either of us here!). How do we make these sounds? These words? And…
Lockdowns are lifting but global infections are still rising. We take stock as we enter the next chapter of the outbreak.
Scientists Phil Smyth and Julie Gould introduce "Let's Dive In", their upcoming RTÉjr Radio Podcast, in video form! They take your questions and your experiments and dive in to find the answers.
The latest from the hydroxychloroquine saga, as a questionable dataset threatens trust in science and forces major journals to review their processes.
With questionable coronavirus content flooding airwaves and online channels, what’s being done to limit its impact?