Science and Technology·7th June 2019Net-zero by 2050: The most ambitious UK climate target? Yifu Ding The UK government has set its most ambitious climate goal ever: a net zero emission by 2050. On 2nd May,...Read More
Science and Technology·9th November 2019New species of ancient ape discovered Phil Fernandes Image Description: cast of the skeleton of Lucy, an Australopithecus afarensis fossil Researchers have discovered a new species of...Read More
Science and Technology·21st February 2019From farm to pharm: how chickens are giving rise to anti-cancer drugs Sam Sussmes Researchers from the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute have genetically modified chickens to produce medical drugs in their egg whites,...Read More
Science and Technology·11th October 2012Technology: Meeting healthcare demands affordably Duncan Johnstone Meeting healthcare needs affordably is truly a global challenge. Rapidly expanding populations, fast changing lifestyles and demographics all over the...Read More
Science and Technology·5th March 2019NASA says goodbye to Mars rover Opportunity Raven Lirio On February 13, NASA officially declared the end of Mars rover Opportunity’s mission on the red planet. After a long...Read More
Science and Technology·3rd December 2018Iceland is Wrong: Making the Case for Palm Oil Anonymous Photo credit:Â Evva Christmas is coming. The shops are full of Christmas family packs and what is now the traditional start...Read More
Science and Technology·13th October 2019Should we boycott zoos? Naomi Housego Day Image Description: a tiger. Zoos are no modern issue. The origin of zoos can be traced to animals captured by...Read More
Science and Technology·27th July 2012Is free the only future for gaming? Andrew Lewis pithily tells us in a 2010 Metafilter discussion that ‘If you’re not paying for something, you’re not the...Read More
Science and Technology·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...Read More
University News·23rd September 2018Universities Minister to attend Oxford Union debate James Ashworth Image Credit: Chris McAndrew (CC BY 3.0) The Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation will defend the Government in...Read More
Science and Technology·31st January 2019Life finds a way: The origins of life on Earth James Ashworth The origin of life remains one of the greatest and most contentious problems of science and society as a whole....Read More
Science and Technology·14th February 2019Has the cause of Alzheimer’s Disease finally been found? Ella McPherson Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) affects around half a million people in the UK, though its impacts spread much wider, devastating the...Read More
Science and Technology·1st November 2015Mechanical Brains The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to reverse-engineer mammalian brains and create virtual interactive simulations. Its aim is to...Read More
Science and Technology·5th March 2023To leave or not to leave: that is the question Emily Hudson Featured image description: A screencap of a scene from film The Martian, featuring some human pod-like structures on a rusted,...Read More
Science and Technology·20th February 2020Poisonous Pigments of the Past Andrew Tinkler Since the dawn of humanity, we have decorated our walls and created striking artwork using vividly coloured compounds. From earliest...Read More
Science and Technology·2nd March 2018Fat cells may be critical to wound healing Carla Fuenteslópez Researchers from the University of Bristol explored a potential function of adipocytes regarding wound healing. These ‘fat cells’ have several...Read More
Science and Technology·9th February 2019The female is more deadly than the male Ella McPherson For such tiny insects, mosquitoes pack a large punch. Responsible for over 800,000 deaths per year worldwide, they are the...Read More
Science and Technology·22nd May 2018Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down… : How diseases spread around the world James Ashworth Image Credit: CDC Global We all know that coughs and sneezes spread diseases. The problem is that these days, things...Read More
Science and Technology·17th May 2018Do it #LikeaLadyDoc: Promoting Gender Equality in the NHS Workforce Jessica Prince In 1865, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson made history as the first women to qualify as a physician and surgeon. Since then,...Read More