50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOON LANDING
Last month on July 20th 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the first manned moon landing. NASA collaborated with organisations such as the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to host a range of celebratory events, including a World Record attempt for launching model rockets, a technology exhibition, restoration of the Apollo Mission Control Center, and a reunion of the two surviving Apollo 11 astronauts, Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin and Michael Colli
Antibiotic Resistance: a problem for both the individual and the community
During July's GC Skeptics in the Pub, Dr Mina Bakhit spoke about his PhD and post-doctoral work in antibiotic resistance. While the discovery of antibiotics has been one of the great successes in modern medicine, we are now know that too many antibiotics is really "too much of a good thing"! Over use of antibiotics (that is, using them when they won't really make a difference, such as with viral infections) can quickly result the bacteria in your body becoming resistant to an