Year 10-11 category winner Archives

Coevolution: If you had to survive, would you reap benefits, or lives?

The Oxford ScientistSeptember 25, 2024September 25, 202408 mins

Julia Chung, the year 10-11 category winner of the Schools Science Competition reflects on predator-prey coevolution.

Has scientific visibility come with greater skepticism or support?

The Oxford ScientistSeptember 7, 2023October 9, 202308 mins

Mariam Elalfy examines the intricacies of public trust in science emphasising the need for transparent communication and understanding.

Wooden chess board with black and white pieces

The Future of Science is Like Rice on a Chess Board

The Oxford ScientistDecember 9, 2022March 18, 202307 mins

Hemlata Pant is the Schools Competition Year 10-11 category winner, and discusses the exponential growth of scientific knowledge.

Creativity: Essential to Science and the Human Race

The Oxford ScientistMarch 28, 2021December 28, 202307 mins

Tilly Arscott, Year 11, The Woodroffe School Creativity is an inherently human attribute that we have evolved to have in order to overcome problems and devise solutions through original thinking. It seems to be the fruit of a desire to survive, a relentless determination to adapt and innovate and overcome. In this way, science was born from…