Children as young as eight are targeted by influencers and advertisers towards anti-aging products, from skin creams and anti-wrinkle devices to “baby botox”. Maddy Ross (Human Sciences ’25) investigates how influencers and social media algorithms […]
What is dark matter? Mary Westover investigates, featuring insights from Dr. Joe McLaughlin and Dr. Marcello Messina. She visits the Gran Sasso Laboratory in Italy to understand how a research lab sunk deep into a […]
Podcasting is a digital media format rapidly growing as a channel for science communication. Audiences are growing in size and reach every year. As a format, podcasting offers many ways to innovate. It also makes […]
The assignments students do in STS modules today are nothing like what they used to be. These days, they build portfolios with all sorts of things: short writing, long writing, posters, blogs, in-class presentations. Add […]
STS Podcasting Sprint 2023 completed in May. This sprint is designed as a fast-paced introduction to creating episodes for podcasts. It is designed for students wanting to improve their skills with this area in anticipation […]
Dr Jean-Baptiste Gouyon and I started the STSNewsRoom in 2021 to bring together different summer activities underway in UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS). We wanted to expand student contributions to the department’s […]
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