Influenza kills between 250,000 and 400,000 people worldwide every year, according to estimates by the World Health Organisation. In the UK, around 600 people die annually of flu complications. However, some years are much worse […]
Lacklustre Red List
Probably best known for its red list, in which the status of species are classified from Least Concern to Extinct, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is heavily consulted by researchers in a […]
A Recovery of Endurance
On the 5th December 1914, a man and his crew set sail to conquer the last frontier of wilderness. Unfortunately, history’s premier trans-antarctic exhibition, conducted by legendary explorer Ernest Shackleton, was doomed to fail. Just […]
Out and proud in Science
When asked to name an LGBTQ+ scientist, Alan Turing is often the first and only name which comes to peoples’ minds. The tragic suppression of his sexuality is a story that’s stuck with the public […]
Is palm oil pure evil?
You may have seen the Iceland Christmas advert plastered all over Facebook after it was banned from television. Judged too political, it featured an orangutan urging us to stop using palm oil in order to […]
The Age of the Chickens/The Planet of the Chickens/ Rise of the Planet of the Chickens/Jurassic Poultry/you see where I’m going here…
What will future discoverers find in the rotting ruins of our society? Classical art? Icons of architecture? Relentless machines of war? Actually, it’ll most likely just be a lot chicken bones. Figures. Geologists have announced […]
Do we need to detox?
The word detox is mentioned a lot with the onset of a new year. The adverts for detox teas or juice cleanses are plastered everywhere, promising to rid the body of the ‘toxins’ we accumulated […]
Why resolutions never stick
If you are one of the millions of people to have made a news years resolution, you may already be struggling to keep it. According to polls and surveys, approximately 80% of people have ‘failed’ […]
Government shutdown shuts off science
The US government shutdown has broken the record for the longest federal shutdown in American history. While this had an obvious impact on many issues, the negative implications for scientific research have perhaps been overlooked. […]
The Battle Against Superbugs in Modern Medicine
The overuse of antibiotics is threatening to plunge us into a post-antibiotic era. Once treatable infections and minor injuries could now kill again with antibiotic resistance at breaking point, new statistics suggest. The Organisation for […]
The California Wildfires: The Realisation of The Threat of Climate Change
Wildfires had been raging in California since the 8th of November when they were finally contained on 25th of November. The wildfires have burnt approximately 150,000 acres of land and have killed at least 88 […]
Brazilian President Bolsonaro: A threat to the environment?
You will no doubt have heard about the countless low blows Trump has dealt the environment, but you might not have heard about the newly inaugurated president of Brazil. His name is Jair Bolsonaro, and […]