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A big list of science podcasts

February 1, 2017 Lewis MacKenzie

I love listening to podcasts and I love science. Here is a big list of science podcasts that I’m currently aware of. This list aims to be eventually comprehensive, so if you know of some of science podcasts I’ve undoubtedly missed, then please email me on L.Mackenzie1@Leeds.ac.uk or leave a comment to let me know.

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In Featured Tags podcasts, science, science communication, scicomm, featured
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Designing scientific figures for colour blindness

January 2, 2017 Lewis MacKenzie
Left: how not to do it. Right: how to do it. ©Dr Jack Goode 2017.

How to optimise scientific figures for colour blindness with a handy example tested by using a colour blindness simulator

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In Featured Tags figures, science, science communication, datavis, data visulisation, colour blind
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Building a Hexastix: a pointy sculpture of mathematical madness and fun (for less than £5)!

November 15, 2016 Lewis MacKenzie
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I was recently inspired to build a very fun object/maths sculpture known as a "Hexastix". This strange object is a curious assembly of 72 pencils held together with only 8 rubber bands! Hexastix are easy to make, and lots of fun to put together. Plus, all the supplies I needed for it were found on the high street for under £5 in total! 

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Building a Hexastix: a pointy sculpture of mathematical madness and fun (for less than £5)!

November 15, 2016 Lewis MacKenzie
Hexastix-lewis-mackenzie

I was recently inspired to build a very fun object/maths sculpture known as a "Hexastix". This strange object is a curious assembly of 72 pencils held together with only 8 rubber bands! Hexastix are easy to make, and lots of fun to put together. Plus, all the supplies I needed for it were found on the high street for under £5 in total! 

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In Featured Tags hexastix, making, project, fun, maths, sculpture
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