Science
The story of Homo luzonensis
Print Science Editor Scarlett Parr-Reid tells us what is known about Homo luzonensis, a newly discovered species of humans. …
The Male Contraceptive Pill: What is hindering the development of male birth control?
Anna Wilmot explores whether there is a future to the male contraceptive pill. …
Blackhole Backlash
Natalie Tongue voices her contempt towards the misogynistic attack against Katie Bouman, responsible for the …
New target for depression treatment
As the second leading cause of disability worldwide, major depressive disorder has a profound effect …
Men in White
Not all scientists are the stereotypical Frankensteinian, Emmett “Doc” Brown lookalikes of this world, supposedly out-of-touch with reality. We can …
Translating science – with Will Gater
W ill Gater is one of the current generation of ‘rock star’ science popularisers. He is currently touring with his …
Toast to A Shorter Life…
If you asked the ‘archetypical’ university student what is their favourite type of alcohol, the response would be A LOT …
AI Don’t Think So…
Whether it’s adverts for the Amazon Alexa, Sophia the robot tweeting or ‘Black Mirror’ throwing its viewers into a hellscape …
News
The story of Homo luzonensis
Print Science Editor Scarlett Parr-Reid tells us what is known about Homo luzonensis, a newly discovered species of humans. …
Blackhole Backlash
Natalie Tongue voices her contempt towards the misogynistic attack against Katie Bouman, responsible for the first ever photo of a …
Babies by design
Chinese scientist Jiankui has claimed, in a series of YouTube videos, to have successfully edited the genomes of two embryos. …
Marijuana and cancer
Marijuana has long been the subject of debate, pro-legalisation campaigners argue that marijuana can cure a wide variety of diseases …
Lite Science
Tardigrades; Weird and Wonderful
You’ve heard of grizzly bears, black bears, and polar bears, but prepare to meet the fiercest bear of them all…and …
Our Smartphone Addiction
Smartphones have become an integral part of our lives, for better or for worse. We are connected to friends and …
Do You Believe in Magic (Mushrooms)?
ALDOUS Huxley famously wrote “take a holiday from reality whenever you like, and come back without so much as a …
When Stars Collide
This story really has it all. Really it does; astronomy, physics, chemistry, two dying stars spiralling into one another (resulting …
Common Misconceptions
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 …
The Physics of Santa
Father Christmas, Santa or Coke’s best marketing campaign I think we can all agree does an exceptional job every year …
Policing in the past?
As students and as members of a technological generation, we tend to pride ourselves on being a bit more tech-savvy …
We are all A LOT older than we thought!
Carina Schlebusch led a team of researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden in a project combining genome mapping with anthropology …
Environment
Apocalypse sooner than we thought
On Monday 8th of October, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an alarming report warning politicians about …
Every breath you take
As we all well know, air pollution is the result of the release of various harmful gases that negatively impact …
Tardigrades; Weird and Wonderful
You’ve heard of grizzly bears, black bears, and polar bears, but prepare to meet the fiercest bear of them all…and …
Household chemicals rival cars as source of smog
The first thing we should acknowledge when talking about smog is that it sounds like the antagonistic villain in an …
Health
New target for depression treatment
As the second leading cause of disability worldwide, major depressive disorder has a profound effect on individuals and society. Treating …
What’s really in the flu jab?
Andrew Wakefield’s paper claiming that the MMR vaccine caused autism has been widely discredited and described as fraudulent. Alongside poor …
The placebo effect: worthwhile or a waste of time?
The placebo effect is where a drug of no therapeutic value, often sugar pills or saline injections, causes a physical …
Every breath you take
As we all well know, air pollution is the result of the release of various harmful gases that negatively impact …
Technology
AI Don’t Think So…
Whether it’s adverts for the Amazon Alexa, Sophia the robot tweeting or ‘Black Mirror’ throwing its viewers into a hellscape …
A loss of face
Until recently I thought that social media was a force for good. As someone who sometimes finds social situations fairly …
Our Smartphone Addiction
Smartphones have become an integral part of our lives, for better or for worse. We are connected to friends and …
Artificial Neurons and the Robot Takeover
In recent totally terrifying and not-Black-Mirror-related news, it has been found that artificial neurons, or in much more cooler terminology …