The International Day of Women and Girls in STEM is on February 11th and celebrates the fantastic work of women and girls in STEM. Our University is full of many amazing women doing incredible work in the field of STEM, providing countless role models for young women aspiring to be scientists. However, this wasn't always…

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20.02.2024

Are we using the right statistics? – Naturally Speaking

Are we using the right statistics? It is a contentious question in science. Statistics may seem like a hard, objective discipline, but there are in fact many different opinions and methods when it comes to analyzing our data. Today on Naturally Speaking we are discussing the two main schools of statistics; frequentist and Bayesian statistics.…

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28.03.2024

A New Hope in the Rainforest – Naturally Speaking

Did you know that today there are just four remaining great ape species in the world? These magnificent animals possess certain human-like physical features, thanks to their genetic architecture that shares 96-98% DNA similarity with humans. For this reason, great apes are classified by the Latin name ‘hominids’. Interestingly, three out of four great ape…

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15.04.2024

Fieldwork Diary #5: Why did I take my blanket for a walk in the woods? – Naturally Speaking

Will McLellan takes us on a tour of his work on tick density in human-impacted environments. What are you studying? The word ‘tick’, to most people, would bring to mind a symbol on an exam answer sheet that says “well done!”, you got that question right “good job!”. For others, a tick might be a…

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A New Hope in the Rainforest – Naturally Speaking

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