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“Blogging science” is a project that aims to provide a platform for young scientists to develop their science communication skills through writing. Are you a scientist who likes writing? Have you always dreamt about making your science voice heard online but something has been always holding you back? Or perhaps you have plenty of essays piled up but nobody has ever read them except you and course assistants? No worries, we got you!

We want to increase the amount of scientists who communicate their research and passion for science online. No experience is needed, just enthusiasm! We will be happy to host your blog free of charge and stress! Want to become a contributor for The Science Basement’s Blogging Science? Drop us a line using the form!

A tale of a tiny virus and how it saved many lives

Patient 3, 18 years old, was crippled from birth with a disease known as retinal dystrophy. There was no known effective treatment that could help improve his condition, until recently when his doctor suggested an experimental surgery. They were going to remove some of the jelly-like liquid from his eye and inject a salty suspension under the retina. This suspension contained more than a billion particles of a genetically modified adeno-associated virus.

A Cool Career in a Hot Field: Andreas Predicts the Weather and Conveys it with Augmented Reality

intervieweeAndreas Nyholm has a background in geophysics and for almost 10 years he has worked as a weatherman—the kind you see on television every evening. He was headhunted on live… Read More »A Cool Career in a Hot Field: Andreas Predicts the Weather and Conveys it with Augmented Reality

Ghosts in the universe

It may be that not all black holes have formed in the usual way: massive stars collapsing under
their gravitational pressure. During the Big Bang, large enough inhomogeneities in matter density
may have led to formation of microscopical “primordial black holes”, which might have survived
until the present day. They may help to explain a ghost in the universe, the mysterious dark matter.

Science in the Desert: Interview with Former Array Maintenance Manager at the World’s Largest Telescope ALMA – SCS Interview #2

Dr. David Rabanus worked as array maintenance manager for the world’s largest telescope, ALMA, in the Atacama desert in Chile. ALMA observes parts of the night sky that regular telescopes can not access and since its opening astronomy has been enriched with new discoveries. Read here about how it is to work at an observatory 5000 meters above sea level.

A Field Note

A short documentary film about lake ice measurements on Lake Pitkäjärvi in Nuuksio, Finland. This was an experiment in using documentary in science communication and presenting field work in nature.