FIRST PRIZE (£1000 and two-week media placement)
Kerri Smith, University of Oxford, UK: “FOXhunting: Exploring the genetics behind speech and language”
SECOND PRIZE (£750)
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Beverly Prosser, University of Oxford, UK: “How to get into the body: A bacterial blagger’s guide”
THIRD PRIZE (£500)
Helen Margerison, University of Edinburgh, UK: “Too cold to snow? A fresh look at climatic warming in Antarctica”
RUNNERS-UP
Edward Vowles, University of Cambridge, UK: “Learning from our mistakes”
Nick Askew, University of York, UK: “Spreading silent wings”
Veronica Miller, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: “Reversal of fortune”
Steven Senior, University of Oxford, UK: “Pondering Parkinson’s disease”
Jason Munshi-South, University of Maryland, US: “Why just one?”
James Ellis, Imperial College London, UK: “Basil: Tasty or toxic”
Sarah Verschueren, University of Keele, UK: “Seizing neurons”
Yvonne Hübner, University of Surrey, UK: “How cancer cells learned dancing”
Michael Pollitt, School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK: “Using gold to diagnose malaria”
Ashley Garner, University of Leeds, UK: “The future commuter: Catching a lipid raft?”
The Science Essay Competition is held jointly by The Wellcome Trust and New Scientist. The winning essay will be published in New Scientist on 8 October.
