There is an ongoing debate as to whether viruses are living organisms or not. What we know for sure is that they are obligatory intracellular organisms – that means the must enter a host cell in order to replicate. They simply lack the machinery to replicate on their own.. So this is the argument for [...]

In this short series we will feature some of our tutors, to give our prospective tutees a better idea of the kind of tutors we work with at Edinburgh Science Tutors. They are mostly graduates and young researchers based in Edinburgh with a passion for education and science communication. Today we present a short interview with Lynsey, [...]

Today we are thrilled to introduce our first tutor blogger: Euan reads Physic and Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh and is a very valuable member of our small team of science tutors. This is his first post on the Scales of the Universe. We hope you’ll enjoy this short article it as much as [...]

Train your brain Some people think they have worse memory than others. While there may be some truth in it, it is also widely known that your brain is much more capable than you think. Here are some tips on how to train your brain to get better at memorizing: Decide to remember. Take regular [...]

  During each private tutorial you have your tutor’s full attention and ideally you want to use this time to your best advantage. Below we listed 5 ways of making sure you make the most of each minute with your home tutor: 1. Think ahead. Have a clear idea of what you want to achieve [...]

You may wonder why did we decide to just focus on science in our tutoring agency. There are a couple of reasons. Firstly, we believe that learning science is quite different to learning the humanities such as languages or history. In order to grasp a concept related to science you need to employ a certain set of [...]