Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê in the media
Epic: A Cast of Thousands!
Professor Maria Wyke (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Greek & Latin) comments on the biggest film genre of them all - the epic.
Clopidogrel Testing Comes Under Fire
A new study by Dr Michael Holmes (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Epidemiology & Public Health) and colleagues has casts doubt on the usefulness of a highly touted genetic test for patients taking the popular anti-clotting drug Clopidogrel.
Brain Implant Cures Woman's Tourette's Tics
A patient who is part of the first UK trial to evaluate the impact of 'deep brain stimulation' on Tourette's has experienced a dramatic recovery.
Christmas University Challenge
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê graduates Lucy Jones, Trevor Lock, Fiona Armstrong and Michael White play Magdalen College, Oxford on the Christmas edition of the quiz University Challenge.
Independent voices of 2011: The most influential non-celebrity users of Twitter
Described as a "key voice in an increasingly digital future", Dr Sue Black (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Computer Science) wins the most influential non-celebrity tweeter in technology.
Boom, bust and bonuses
Like capitalism, science has flaws, but it's the best we've got, says Dr Kevin Fong (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology).
Astronomers find important planets
"I think we will find life out there", says Dr Lucie Green (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Mullard Space Science Laboratory).
Talk this way - the new lexicon for 2011
Dan Clayton (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê English Language & Literature) on Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's Survey of English Usage, and how 2011 was characterised by the repurposing of words.
"Medical exams need to be as rigorous as in the U.K."
Professor Jane Dacre (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School) highlights some aspects of medical education that need reform in India.
Learning to smile for first time, the boy born with a frozen face
Adriaan Grobbelaar (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê General Surgery) talks about a pioneering 12-hour operation in which he transplanted muscle tissue to the face of a boy with Moeibus syndrome.