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Short Science and The Sound of Disease
Not too long ago I was interviewed by up-and-coming broadcaster (and medical doctor) Elizabeth Hauke. My iStethoscope program will apparently be mentioned in her radio documentary on "The Sound of Disease" - I'll add a link when she's finished it. I was also interviewed about my book The Undercover Scientist…
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Undercover Scientist in Spanish and Chinese
The latest translations of my book The Undercover Scentist have just been sent to me: the Traditional Chinese version and the Spanish version. Both are very nicely laid out inside and have suitably amusing covers. I especially like the Spanish cover; for some reason the Chinese one has a rather…
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reFreshing Undercover Scientist review
Today I was a guest on The Moncrieff Show on the Irish radio station Newstalk. Nice to have a chat with an enthusiastic host. We also had another book review, this time in reFRESH magazine. It was written by book editor Janet Tester which seems like a very appropriate name.…
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Review in Independent of The Undercover Scientist
My publicist sent me a new review for The Undercover Scientist that I missed recently, in the Independent newspaper. It's triggered a new batch of radio interviews - I'll talk on an Irish show on Wednesday.
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iStethoscope Pro tops the charts!
Less than a week since it was released and my iphone application iStethoscope Pro has hit the number 1 ranking in Paid Applications in its category (Medical Apps) of Apple's AppStore. My cardiologist collaborators continue to be hugely enthusiastic. I've just prepared a new minor release of the app - version…
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July RI cafe scientifique
On Monday I hosted the July cafe scientifique at the Royal Institution as usual. This month we were talking about science journalism and science. We had two panel speakers, Mark Henderson of the Times, and Gareth Mitchell from BBC radio. (We also had Alex Mansfield, someone I worked with at…
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Miami Airport is Where Sh*t is Happening
On my recent travels I managed to miss a shuttle bus leaving Miami Airport and was left waiting for an hour. To pass the time I dropped by the airport bookstore. Like similar visits to the stores in NY, Washington and Montreal, it was nice to see a little bit…
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