Language is a cognitive skill that seems to be unique to humans. There have been multiple debates on whether language has a genetic component to it and whether we are conditioned by the environment to […]
Liquid Crystals
Ultra-thin Liquid Crystal Display TVs (LCDs) are commonplace in many households, but how do they actually work and how will this new technology change our lives in the future? Three weeks ago, Prof. Helen Gleesan […]
COP21: The Climate Cards are dealt
This year, on the 30th November, around 40,000 participants from leading nations will meet in Paris – a city known best for its culture and beauty – to instead discuss a rather ugly subject; global […]
Indonesian Slash and Burn: Fanning the Fire of Climate Change
Slash and burn – a process to clear the ground for agriculture – is a common practice, undertaken in many countries across the globe. However this year in South East Asia, particularly Indonesia, the use […]
First UK womb transplant given NHS approval
The UK’s first womb transplant has been given the go ahead by the NHS health research authority as part of a clinical trial, due to start next year. 10 women have been selected to receive […]
Is the Doomsday closer than we think?
The Population Reference Bureau estimates that there has been an astonishing 107 billion people that have ever lived, including the current 7 billion that are currently calling this little blue planet home. There have been […]
Discoveries and Exploration: A Modern Adventure
Reading the word “discoveries” and “exploration”, it is difficult to not conceive images of impressive galleys out at sea and intrepid middle-aged men in beige and khaki. This is part of a portrait of history […]
Wetland Futures 2015
What do you get if you cross a sheep with a starfish? Sheepfish? Shish? Steep? No, a solution to water policy. The high moorlands of the UK are home to thousands of sheep, all respiring, […]
Is the Raspberry Pi good for Students?
I’m sure many of you have heard of the Raspberry Pi, this credit card sized computing board rose to fame as a cheap computing platform to teach coding to younger children. This doesn’t mean that […]
The Elixir of Youth
For years anti-aging cosmetics have promised to prevent the signs of ageing by reducing lines and wrinkles. But is it possible to dive deeper, beyond the superficial, to prevent the body ageing at a cellular […]
Sweat yourself Healthy – A Nation’s love of Sauna
Sitting still as sweat drips from your nose, sitting still as sweat drips from pretty much everything… I must admit that the prospect of sauna bathing never quite caught my interest. In fact, my knowledge […]
To Boldly Go: The First Manned Mission to Mars
This week sees the release of Hollywood’s latest foray into the Sci-fi genre, with Ridley Scott’s “The Martian” again raising questions on how close we are to sending astronauts to the red planet – is […]