The plastic pollution filling the world’s oceans exploded into popular conscience after the reveal of Blue Planet II, which horrified millions with its shots of vivid, deep blue seas polluted with floating plastic waste. What […]
Is GMO more friend than foe?
When you think of genetically modified organisms, do you think of radioactive spiders? Some crazy scientist in a lab laughing over their chemicals? Or something that would make you super human? Well, you wouldn’t be […]
Dr G. M. Chicken
We’ve all seen the scene in Rocky where he downs a glass of raw eggs, but the health benefits don’t go beyond a heck of a lot of protein – until now. Genetically modified chickens […]
Why animal trafficking includes cute sloth selfies
I’m sure you’ve seen pictures on the ‘gram of cute baby lion cubs, or orangutan babies being cuddled and cooed at. You’ve probably questioned it but also let it slip into the background as you […]
Fatty McFatberg and its fellow fatbergs
At the beginning of May this year, the term ‘fatberg’ was added to the Scrabble dictionary. Previously, the Oxford English Dictionary had defined the term as “a very large mass of solid waste in a […]
Sexy City Slickers
A study has found that men in the city are more likely to find love than those in the countryside. Unfortunately for human Casanovas, the study was on the túngara frogs of Central America which […]
An Anaesthetic Alternative: Hypnotised in Neurosurgery
Being awake during open brain surgery is an ordeal that is inconceivable to most, but is a stark reality for many sufferers with epilepsy and brain tumours. Early research provides compelling evidence that hypnosis-aided awake […]
MagnetoCow and Ultra-Vulture: Super-Human Senses of the Animal Kingdom
Videos of animals getting spooked minutes before an earthquake hits and tales of man’s best friend sniffing out cancer in their owner’s hint at a world beyond what humans can sense. There is evidence showing […]
Do Young Blood Transfusions promote Regeneration and Rejuvenation?
The key to a longer and healthier life may be closer to us than we thought. It’s location? Our blood; but more specifically, the blood of the young. Earlier this year, the US medical start-up […]
Nemo the Narcissist
Usually it’s considered vain to pose in front of the mirror, but in the world of animal psychology such posturing provides an insight into the mind. Self-awareness is often thought to be limited to the […]
Electrical brain stimulation to treat stuttering
Stuttering is defined as the involuntary repetition of sounds when speaking, and may be neurogenic (caused by the nervous system) or psychogenic (caused by the mind or mentality). Stuttering is relatively common in childhood, affecting […]
FACT – or not a fact?
FACT: 89% of the statistics you read online or in the media are misinterpreted or misrepresented. A petition to ban plastic water bottles from the Leeds University Union Co-op gained traction in early March, securing […]