Connie Han, Author at Cherwell

UPP: Solaris

by Connie HanThe plot of Solaris, such as it is, can be summed up in one faintly absurd sentence. Kris Kelvin, a psychologist, goes...

And Now for Something Completely Different

Oxford, the site of so many significant scientific discoveries, is the perfect place for a History of Science Museum. Largely ignored despite its prominent...

The Enemies of Reason?

Heard the one about the healers who can perform internal surgery on you with their bare hands – leaving not a mark behind? Or...

Literary Festivals

Connie Han listens in rapture as Philip Pullman reads from his work at Woodstock Literary FestivalThe Woodstock Literary Festival is ‘a celebration of books,...

5 Things We Didn’t Know Last Week

1) Sinister left-handed gene found. Scientists working in Oxford’s Wellcome Trust Centre for Genetics believe carrying the gene may slightly raise the risk of...

5 Things we didn’t know last week

1) One small move of a counter – one giant leap for computer-kind. Scientists in Canada claim to have written a program which can...

Exit Facebook – Enter Deep Space

Your Physicists Need You! An Oxford team of astrophysicists is enlisting the public's help in classifying newly discovered galaxies at http://www.galaxyzoo.org/ The name is...

Screw the Scrooges, students deserve to have fun

College heads scrap the Norrington Table

William Hague elected Oxford Chancellor

Skills, Thrills, and the X20

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