It is notoriously difficult to get into medical school, so I’m going to list a few resources that I found incredibly useful to prepare me for the interviews, applications and A levels: Websites for preparation / courses: https://www.makemeamedic.co.uk/ 6med – Crash courses in UKCAT , BMAT and interviews Medic Mentor BMAT ninja for BMAT Medify […]
Everyone who has ever cooked an egg knows that when you apply heat, egg white solidifies and changes consistency. If you have studied biology, you may know that this is due to the chemical changes that occur to the proteins of the egg white – they are denatured, converting them to a white solid substance. […]
This October, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the 2018 Nobel Prizes. This years’ prizes in particular show how much of an impact basic science can have on medicine – investigating the how and why can give us insights into treatments. Click the link below to read the full story: What you need to […]
Recently, scientists at Cambridge developed a method to grow mini placentas in the lab, but why should we care? Disorders in pregnancy is incredibly common worldwide, encompassing pre-eclampsia, stillbirth, and growth restriction babies (see below). In various labs all over the world, research is being undertaken to discover exactly why this happens, with the hope […]
From Medical Daily: https://www.medicaldaily.com/why-your-skin-doesnt-leak-all-your-blood-and-guts-406737 Scientists Have Figured Out Why Human Skin Doesn’t Leak BEC CREW 22 JAN 2018 Our skin might give us grief sometimes, but one thing we can always depend on it to do is not start indiscriminately leaking blood and sweat everywhere – despite the fact that we’re shedding roughly 500 million cells every 24 […]
Animals need sound to recognise things, whether they are predators, prey, or for communication between individuals of that species, whereas bats use sound primarily for location. Humans do have a rudimentary ability to locate using sound – if someone shouts in your ear, you know where they are standing – by using the minute time […]
Shared from the BBC: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170106-the-people-who-cant-go-numb-at-the-dentists By Chris Baraniuk, 9 January 2017 Some people are resistant to local anaesthetic, meaning they must endure dental and medical procedures without such pain relief. And we’re only beginning to understand why To Lori Lemon, the doctors all seemed flabbergasted. She had come in to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, to […]
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A true shower thought: Shared from SCIENCE FOCUS https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/why-does-hair-get-darker-when-wet/ Why does hair get darker when wet? When light strikes dry hair, some of it is absorbed by the pigment in the hair and some reflects back to your eyes. Water is transparent and a thin film absorbs very little light by itself. But when light […]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44904298 Have you ever wondered why it smells so different after it rains? Petrichor is the term for this smell. It is a strangely welcomed smell, caused by the molecule geosmin formed by bacteria Streptomyces. By Mary Halton Science reporter, BBC News Image copyrightSCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY It turns out it’s not just gratitude that makes rain […]
https://theconversation.com/why-menthol-chills-your-mouth-when-its-not-actually-cold-33115 Try putting an ice-cube in your mouth. The insides of your mouth and tongue instantly turn numb. Hold it in still and you will feel pain. Now try sucking on peppermint. The mint itself is at room temperature, but your mouth instantly feels cold and numb. How did it do that? The answer is […]
