What effects does pseudoscientific psychology have on people today?

19th November 2021

When you hear the term “pseudoscience” your mind may instinctively go towards the fields of study linked to acupuncture, aromatherapy, and other alternative types of medicine. And in this thinking, you would be correct. However, there is a whole segment of pseudoscience surrounding the study of psychology. Some of these sciences include phrenology, craniology, and the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator personality test. These studies and practices have had major ripple effects on the way the brain is studied and how a person views themselves today.

What effects does pseudoscientific psychology have on people today?

What challenges will future scholars face in writing the history of 2020?

19th November 2021

The year 2020 will be studied for years to come as a great turning point. We saw the world suspended in chaos as a pandemic struck, democracy faltered and everywhere around the globe people’s daily lives changed dramatically. Its ubiquitous influence will be felt for decades to come. Writing such significant history is no small feat, issues of objectivity, authorship and censorship have long been present in historical writing and 2020 is no exception. Furthered by a new technological and increasingly conscientious age, new problems will begin to arise. How will future historians choose who is most suited to writing the history of the Black Lives Matter movement? With an abundance of documentation and media, how will they select their evidence? As Technology brings about greater secrecy, how will we glean the more intimate perspectives of the inner workings of a politician? As is true with the past, the present is plagued with difficulties. And for future scholars, navigating these challenges will be far from simple.

What challenges will future scholars face in writing the history of 2020?

Catch that CO2!: A review of Our Future Planet

19th November 2021

Catch that CO2! – a review of the Science Museum’s exhibition on Carbon capturing: I know, it is this topic again; the topic that has been discussed over and over again, but not much solution has been given out apart from making us feel disheartened. In the middle of who knows which wave of the pandemic we are in, the Science Museum’s free exhibition- Future of Our Planet, gives viewers some more optimistic news.

Catch that CO2!: A review of Our Future Planet