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Six UCL scientists are taking part in the 2011 I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here!: an award-winning science enrichment and engagement activity, funded by the Wellcome Trust.  It’s an X Factor-style competition for scientists, where students are the judges. Scientists and students talk online on the website below. They both break down barriers, have fun and learn. But only the students get to vote.

Simon Bennett, Kimberly Bryon and Sam Tazzyman talk to Clare Ryan about taking part.
http://imascientist.org.uk/

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk

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Ryan Rykaczewski describes one of the most massive migrations on the planet, driven by the sun. Image by Tintinnidguy (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 

#ExplainTheSun  - The Largest Migration on The Planet

Once, there was the ordinary incandescent light bulb. It shone brightly, but wasted much of the energy put into it as heat. Then came the compact fluorescent. And as costs have dropped, consumers have increasingly been switching to light-emitting diode (LED) technology for many lighting applications, in an ongoing search for a more efficient bulb. Now, in work published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, researchers report that nanophotonic devices may be able to breathe new life into old incandescent technology. Marin Soljačić and Ognjen Ilic, two authors of the study, explain how they’ve been able to “recycle” some of the incandescent bulb’s wasted heat and re-emit it as visible light, boosting efficiency.

For the Lowly Incandescent Bulb, a Ray of Hope

“Tattoo” may not be a word you normally associate with science, but Carl Zimmer, author of “Science Ink,” found they fit together just fine. When we talked with him, he described his favorite science tattoos, and what they mean to the people who wear them.

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Background: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/08/carl-sagan-message-to-mars/

Carl Sagan's message for Mars

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