A PhD is hard. Plenty of people have blogged about mental health problems while doing a PhD e.g. http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2017/04/phd-students-face-significant-mental-health-challenges https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/mar/01/mental-health-issue-phd-research-university In some ways I have an advantage as in addition to my Asperger Syndrome diagnosis I have a long history of anxiety and depression going right back to my early teens so am already equipped …
Mission Invertebrate
This weekend I was back at The Regent's Park helping with their project Mission Invertebrate. This project is funded by the People's Postcode Lottery and is investigating what invertebrates live in The Regent's Park and how this relates to where the Park's hedgehog population lives. The project is a citizen science project - members of …
Endangered earthworms
Today is Endangered Species Day, which aims to make people aware about endangered species, why they are threatened and how they can be helped. An endangered species is one where its population is especially low, when the last have gone it is classed as extinct. Around the internet today there will be lots of articles …