Science and Technology·27th October 2019Prof. Sir John Gurdon: from ‘failure’ to Nobel Prize Naomi Housego Day Image Description: Prof. Sir John Gurdon. On Friday evening, Prof. Sir John Gurdon was invited to give a talk by... Read More
Science and Technology·19th October 201910 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°,... Read More
Science and Technology·18th October 2019Freshers’ Fair Round-Up: A Guide to Science & Tech Societies at Oxford Naomi Housego Day Image Description: two people at the Biological Society stall at the Freshers’ Fair. All I remember of my Freshersā... Read More
News·15th October 2019Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe wins Nobel Prize in Medicine Una Yates Professor Sir Peter J Ratcliffe, Director for the Target Discovery Institute within the Nuffield Department of Medicine at Oxford University... Read More
Culture·15th June 2019How Science is Keeping Old Master Paintings Alive Pratibha Rai Image description: Rembrandt van Rijn – Homer On 25 January this year, the journal Chemical Communications published a major breakthrough... Read More
Features·18th March 2019The value of qualitative research in a quantified world Clotilde de Maricourt The āscienceā component of the social sciences is often the subject of jokes, with the idea that disciplines included in... Read More
Science and Technology·25th January 2019A wall to wildlife: how nature will be affected by Trumpās wall Ella McPherson To say Trumpās wall is controversial is like saying leaving the EU has been a minor nuisance. The associated government... Read More
Science and Technology·17th January 2019But I like it sparkling: why we don’t want acidic oceans Nathan Lawson Oceans make up nearly three quarters of our planetās surface and are home to over 300,000 currently described species, with... Read More
Features·2nd November 2018The McGovern Lecture: āLouis Pasteur and the Pleasures of Artā Kimberly Glassman Image Credit: Kimberly Glassman On Wednesday 25 October 2018, Dr. Bert Hansen, author of Picturing Medical Progress from Pasteur to... Read More
News·18th October 2018First analysis of brain function using biobank data produced in Oxford Jafar Cain Image Credit: Oxford University Using the UKās Biobank data, which includes genetic information and detailed brain images, scientists at the... Read More
Science and Technology·23rd October 201910 things you didn’t know about coffee Naomi Housego Day Image Description: roasted coffee beans. 600 billion cups of coffee are drunk globally each year. Coffee is one of your... Read More
Science and Technology·18th October 2019Nobel Prize in your phone Yifu Ding Image Description: iPhone. On October 9, 2019, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley... Read More
Science and Technology·16th October 201910 things science and technology learnt this summer Naomi Housego Day Image Description: a bumblebee on anĀ orange flower. 1. Bees have hairy tongues for drinking nectar. Bumblebees are able to drink... 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·3rd May 2019Is RNAi the future of medicine? Caitlin Ashcroft From enzymes to muscle tissue, the DNA held within the nucleus of cells contains instructions for the production of every... Read More
Science and Technology·26th January 2019Lab-grown meat: a future of food without slaughter Adam Mellul Globally we kill 74 billion animals a year. 80% of farmland on Earth is used for livestock, where the process... Read More
Science and Technology·24th January 2019Genetically edited babies: an ethical minefield David Schramm It came as a shock to the scientific community when in late November, He Jiankui, a Chinese biophysicist, claimed that... Read More
Features·23rd November 2018Communicating robust science with Clive Cookson, the future of science journalism Erica Yokoyama Image Credit: Erica Yokoyama āIn the current climate, where populism is attacking not only the political elite, anybody with an... Read More
Features·2nd November 2018Exhibition Review: Hooked at the Science Gallery London Kimberly Glassman Image Credit: WikipediaĀ IĀ had come across The Science Galleryās motto, āWhere art and science collide,ā months before I officially made... Read More