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Book Cover Recently, I've made it an aim to try and get through the majority of the unread books that are sitting untouched on my bookshelf. This has been quite fun and I've ended up reading a whole bunch of different genres from non-fiction science related things (like the one I'm about to discus) to spirituality guides (not my fav tbh), murder mysteries (much more fun), and some 2020 BookTok classics (shout out to ACOTAR). Since this is a science-related blog I'll save you

The discovery of Auroralumina qttenboroughii first came to my attention when I was driving home one evening listening to the BBC Inside Science Podcast. Two things about this story caught my attention: 1) it was a really, really old fossil named after Sir David Attenborough who I, alongside much of the British Public, am somewhat of a super fan of, and 2) the paper was written by, and being discussed on the podcast by, Dr Frankie Dunn, from Oxford University, who just so happ

It's been almost a year since I graduated, and it's safe to say I have had my run in with the highs and lows of post grad life. In the past year I've moved to a new city, worked three very different jobs, had a whole career and future crisis, spent a lot of time trying to stay in touch with and see all my friends that are now spread over the country, and had to work out silly adult things like council tax and registering at a new GP, all while still having to call my mum to