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Food and Drink
·12th November 2016

‘Frankenstein Food’ Stakes a Claim in the Meat Sector

With almost a thousand students last week taking the OUSU veggie pledge, with pledges ranging from full veganism to ‘quitting...
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·5th April 2013

‘BBC Horizon: Mend Me’ – tales of modern medicine’s successes, and a bit of bodysnatching…

Sophie McManus
The BBC’s ‘Horizon: Mend Me’ programme, aired this week, was a whistle-stop tour through the outstanding –and often unsettling– progress...
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Science and Technology
·30th January 2018

‘Liquid biopsy’ used for early detection of cancer

Carla FuenteslĂłpez
A team of researchers from John Hopkins University has achieved a major step towards one of the most desired goals...
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·26th February 2017

“everything i tweet is real”: The Age of Dril

Will Shaw
“fuck “jokes”. everything i tweet is real. raw insight without the horse shit. no, i will NOT follow trolls. twitter...
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Science and Technology
·3rd December 2018

“It’s an Oxford Expression”: the Hard Science of Dank Memes

Jai Bolton
Photo credit: David Shankbone (Edited) Maymays, mems, meems. If you have spent some time on the internet in the last decade,...
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Science and Technology
·14th November 2018

“What is Life? How Chemistry Becomes Biology” By Addy Pross: A Book Review

Matthew Salinger
Picture Credit: FreeCliparts  The book revolves around the differences between animate and inanimate matter, and why organisms are so unique...
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Science and Technology
·14th November 2018

“World’s Oldest Intact” Shipwreck Found in The Black Sea

Priyadarshini Chatterjee
Picture credit: Sir George Holmes An Anglo-Bulgarian team of scientists have found the world’s oldest intact shipwreck. The remarkable discovery is...
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Science and Technology
·6th November 2019

10 things about Bonfire Night

Naomi Housego Day
Image Description: Fireworks. The sparks from a sparkler are 1000-1600°C. Yet, they are still safe to use because there is...
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Science and Technology
·16th October 2019

10 things science and technology learnt this summer

Naomi Housego Day
Image Description: a bumblebee on an orange flower. 1. Bees have hairy tongues for drinking nectar. Bumblebees are able to drink...
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·21st November 2019

10 things you didn’t know about Brussels sprouts

Naomi Housego Day
Image Description: Brussels sprouts   Brussels sprouts are the same species as cabbage, cauliflower, kale, broccoli and kohlrabi (among others)....
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·1st February 2017

‘Prevention is better than cure’ – Oxford leads in vaccine research

Fazle Chowdhury
Like wars and famine, infectious diseases are an eternal challenge to human progress and development. They remain among the leading...
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·6th May 2023

‘He literally has zero clue what he’s doing’: Twitter’s verification purge sparks criticism and concern

Piers Mucklejohn
On 20th April, Twitter officially retired its ‘Legacy Verification’ feature, removing the blue tick identifier from hundreds of thousands of...
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·29th December 2013

‘That’s Certainly A Drink’

Jessica Poole Mather
Do doctors need to worry about James Bond, or are students more of a concern? Jessica Poole Mather explores. It...
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·5th October 2018

“A very disappointing outcome”? New GMO ruling from EU Court

Priyadarshini Chatterjee
Image Credit: Irina Gelbukh (CC BY-SA 3.0) In July this year, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that genetically...
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·6th June 2021

“Quarandreams” : Why people experienced vivid dreams during lockdown

Nicole Hasler
Image Description: white pillows on white sheets against a white wall  Most of us can agree that this past year...
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Science and Technology
·2nd November 2017

“Where have all the good men gone?”: the single life of a bdelloid rotifer

Penny Young
Bonnie Tyler didn’t realise how aptly her song ‘Holding out for a Hero’ described the lives of the Bdelloid Rotifers...
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Science and Technology
·9th November 2019

10 popular conspiracy theories reviewed

Naomi Housego Day
Image Description: green aliens.   The moon landing was a hoax. There are no stars in the photographs of moon...
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Science and Technology
·31st October 2019

10 things about the UK’s urban wildlife

Naomi Housego Day
Image Description: Harbour Seal pup Seagulls are attracted to urban areas. This is because temperatures are generally 4-6°C warmer, meaning...
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Science and Technology
·19th October 2019

10 things you are about to learn about goats

Naomi Housego Day
Image Description: a goat eating grass.   Goats have rectangular pupils. This allows a wider range of vision of 340°,...
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