Tag: tech

In April, the Profile section was contacted by technology giant HP with an invite to attend their roundtable event in partnership with the Fawcett Society to discuss the barriers which make the tech industry less accessible to women. As a historian, the idea of discussing technology seemed daunting, but the opportunity to see what a […]

Image Credit: Oxford University Using the UK’s Biobank data, which includes genetic information and detailed brain images, scientists at the University of Oxford have reported finding new insights into the structure and functioning of the brain.  The UK Biobank resource contains some 10,000 magnetic resonance images (MRIs) of brains scans from patients in the UK […]

In 1984, the telecoms giant AT&T (or “The Bell Corporation”) was broken up for violating US anti-trust laws. If you have been following this topic, this is a fact that you will no doubt have read about in a dozen other opinion pieces in the last fortnight. The pioneering antitrust suit which broke the company […]

Danny Evans talks with FAIRR’s Rosie Wardle about the critical issues surrounding industrial animal agriculture and the meat industry. It is currently estimated that over 56 billion animals are slaughtered every year for human consumption (excluding fish and sea creatures), leading to 32,000 million tons of CO2 emissions. This equates to 14.5% of the world’s […]

Airbnb If you’re not already on the bandwagon and booking your accommodation through Airbnb, you’re doing your holidays wrong. Airbnb allows you to stay in houses and apartments, often away from the tourist-y areas, and for a price that’s usually cheaper than staying in a hotel you get a place with a living room, kitchen […]