The uses and abuses of air (1)
The header shows Ascent of Lunardi’s Balloon from St George’s Fields, London, 1788-90 by J. C. Ibbetson, which will be…
The header shows Ascent of Lunardi’s Balloon from St George’s Fields, London, 1788-90 by J. C. Ibbetson, which will be…
Life of Breath PhD student Tina Williams writes: On the 16th and 17th March 2017, The University of Bristol hosted a…
Dr Megan Wainwright is an international collaborator on the Life of Breath project. She is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at…
The header image shows ‘In the same breath’, a 2008 artwork by artist and glass-blower Kate Williams (borosilicate glass /…
Durham post-doc Arthur Rose writes; According to Diogenes Laertius, the Ancient Greek cynic Diogenes of Sinope ‘died voluntarily by holding…
Following on from part 1, Life of Breath PI Havi Carel writes: What is breathlessness? This is a seemingly simple…
The header image shows a representation of the three wise monkeys, see no evil, hear no evil and speak no…
We challenged visitors to Durham University’s Celebrate Science marquee to do something unusual with their breath – either use it…
The header photograph was taken by Paul Waine, and shows Bev Wears of the British Lung Foundation and Rebecca Oxley,…
Tina Williams, PhD student on the Life of Breath project, writes a post prompted by the inaugural lecture of Jerry…
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