SciComm Takeover // “It is impossible to love and to be wise…”

It’s a SciComm Takeover Post! Stage 3 Biochemist Jon Hancox has been chewing down on a particularly meaty topic as part of his BMS3016 Science Communication studies…

To those of us without a great knowledge of English philosophy, this title is a quote from Francis Bacon, who served as both Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England in the 1500’s. You may be wondering what the relevance of this is. I actually stumbled upon this quote while looking into the health effects and newly found carcinogenic – that is, cancer causing – properties of (you guessed it) bacon. Continue reading “SciComm Takeover // “It is impossible to love and to be wise…””