Homepage
Open in app
Sign inGet started

Science Uncovered

Book excerpts from Oxford University Press that lift the lid on science, technology, and innovation.

Dignity and Distrust

Dignity and Distrust

In this excerpt, author Heidi Larson explores why vaccines have become so contentious in our society.
Go to the profile of Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic
Jan 29, 2021
A 30-Day Guide to Self-Care at the Start of a New Year

A 30-Day Guide to Self-Care at the Start of a New Year

30 one-minute reminders, one for each day of a month, that will help inspire, redirect, and provide moments of self-reflection.
Go to the profile of Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic
Jan 1
Exploring the lives of emerging adults post-9/11: the challenges and promises of a generation

Exploring the lives of emerging adults post-9/11: the challenges and promises of a generation

Karla Vermeulen suggests that today’s emerging adults share a uniquely stressful cohort effect based on a mixture of challenges.
Go to the profile of Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic
Sep 16, 2021
How do our brains make our minds?

How do our brains make our minds?

Stephen Grossberg answers some of the biggest queries in the field of cognitive neuroscience.
Go to the profile of Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic
Aug 3, 2021
Navigating digital research methods: key principles to consider

Navigating digital research methods: key principles to consider

What are the key principles of digital research methods? Dr Catherine Dawson offers insight.
Go to the profile of Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic
Jul 20, 2021
Career development: shaping future-ready academic researchers

Career development: shaping future-ready academic researchers

Institutions that wish to support their researchers need to think deeply about what a researcher needs to know and do to be successful.
Go to the profile of Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic
Jun 22, 2021
The Emergence of a New Queen Bee

The Emergence of a New Queen Bee

Did you know that the daughters of a queen bee engage in a deadly fight for succession?
Go to the profile of Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic
May 15, 2021
‘Judges who are awed by computers’: The problems with algorithmic criminology

‘Judges who are awed by computers’: The problems with algorithmic criminology

This excerpt investigates the all too common mistakes of data scientists and how they have been at the root of many disasters.
Go to the profile of Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic
Mar 2, 2020
Action!

Action!

How film technology captured motion and tricked your mind.
Go to the profile of Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic
Feb 20, 2015
Nobel Prizes 2020: Roger Penrose and Black Hole Formation

Nobel Prizes 2020: Roger Penrose and Black Hole Formation

Explore a reading list about black hole formation and their place in physics, featuring work from 2020 Nobel Prize winner, Roger Penrose.
Go to the profile of Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic
Oct 14, 2020
Move it: a look at tectonic plates in forward and reverse

Move it: a look at tectonic plates in forward and reverse

This abridged extract from Roy Livermore’s The Tectonic Plates are Moving highlights the four phases of academic acceptance.
Go to the profile of Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic
Sep 15, 2018
About Science UncoveredLatest StoriesArchiveAbout MediumTermsPrivacy