The Girl Who Quit her PhD… to Do Another Instead

Interview by Endre Szvetnik, Senior Editor at Sparrho

Staying afloat in a sea of literature

An informal history of how we have been trying to answer one of…

Ant-inspired transport, medicine and robotics

Swarms of animals can appear to display intelligence beyond the individual. Scientists are now borrowing their tricks to optimise complex systems and create…

Can the brain’s reward circuits fight anorexia?

Scientists are discovering how one of the most lethal psychiatric conditions, anorexia nervosa, develops and it seems that targeting the brain’s reward…

The holy trinities of scientific storytelling

Aristotle’s 21st century comeback

It’s November and we have two new winners of the Sparrho Early Career Researcher Prize!

This month, we have two young scientists who are separated by 15,000 km and 9.5 hours, but united by their exciting research and passion for science communications. Congratulations…

We’re proud to announce our October winners for the Sparrho Early Career Researcher Prize!

Don’t freak out: memories can be erased

Did you see a scary clown this Halloween? Did you freeze or run away? Scientists have identified the part of the brain that made you react — and recorded the unpleasant memory. It also turns out we have a built-in fear of spiders and snakes!