Our day is always just that little bit improved when we have the opportunity to pet some animals, isn’t it? Thankfully, we’ve got a few roaming around the grounds – here are some ratings on recent encounters! Friendly Ginger Bread This friendly ginger cat has been seen roaming around Forum Hill, Poole Gate, and Queens. […]
Tofu Nuggets
Christmas is a perfect time to host a get-together with friends and family. Why not impress your guests with this tofu nugget recipe? This party snack is guaranteed to change your guests’ mind about tofu or vegan food in general! Ingredients: 1 block of firm or extra firm tofu (silken or soft tofu will not […]
1.5M penguins newly discovered in the Antarctica
One and a half million penguins – that is nearly 400,000 more than the population of Devon county! Surely it should be almost impossible to miss that many penguins, yet for years scientists were unaware of the existence of this Adélie penguin colony. That was until 2014, when NASA satellites picked up patches of these […]
Every Day Pride
When I was about 13 / 14, when I first experienced feelings for girls, I discovered that having only your right ear pierced was a symbol for homosexuality. And so, when my left ear piercing closed up, I couldn’t be bothered to get it pierced again. My right ear piercing was my subtle way of […]
Open letter to giant pandas
Dear Giant Pandas, As the annual doom of Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, I cannot help but laugh at my non-existent love life. That is until I recently found out about yours, so pathetic that as many as 900,000 people would rejoice whenever you breed. Giant pandas, you guys are truly the odd ones. You […]
The Dark Side of Artificial Light!!
In 1994, when an earthquake led to a power outage in Los Angeles, a lot of anxious residents called local emergency services to report seeing a strange ‘giant, silvery cloud’ in the dark sky. Little did they realise it was in fact the Milky Way, which they would have been able to see had it […]
Alcohol improves memory!?
Planning on getting wasted this New Year Eve? You might want to squeeze in some revision for January exams just before doing so. In 2017, a study by researchers from Psychopharmacology and Addiction Research, University of Exeter found that alcohol facilitates memory for information learned just before consumption. This effect, termed ‘retrograde memory facilitation’ was […]