A student’s response to the Vice-Chancellor
The following open letter to the university Vice-Chancellor was sent to The Badger. We are happy to publish it as indeed we are always happy to publish letters written by…
Smoking pot not that harmful, unless you start young
Smokers who started at age 14 compared to 17 show significantly worse results in cognitive tests A Université de Montréal study has shown that the age you start smoking pot…
SpaceX spaced out
SpaceX looks for permission to launch a 4,425 satellite in order to install high speed internet across the world. Elon Musk first announced his initial plan back in January with…
Mathematics to fight bushfires
Eduard Campillo-Funollet Recent advances in mathematical modelling and simulation could help to predict the behaviour of bushfires. The new techniques shed light on surprising phenomena such as fire spreading in…
It’s the end of the world as we know it
A recent study along with Trump’s platform for the 2016 election means it’s pretty much game over in the fight to save ourselves A new study has recently been published…
Heathrow’s run away problem
The government has given the greenlight for the airport’s third runway Six and a half years ago a new coalition consisting of conservatives and liberals crushed Labour’s plans to build…
Negative Emission: Panacea or Curse?
Author: Eduard Campillo-Funollet Overconfidence in the new negative emission technologies could lead to a catastrophic increase in carbon emissions, according to a paper published in Science in October. In the…
Alzheimer’s Disease soon to be a forgotten memory?
Author: Hannah Richards Researcher led by Dr Ashe at University of Minnesota have reversed Alzheimer’s Disease in mice- a breakthrough that brings us closer to a cure. The research team…
A Coffee a Day Keeps Dementia Away
Hannah Richards High caffeine intake in older women is associated with reduced odds of developing dementia or other cognitive impairments, according to the results of a recent study. Research conducted…
How long can we live?
Eduard Campillo-Funollet A research letter published in Nature at the beginning of the month studies data from a variety of databases to conclude that there is a limit to the…
JMS: The man, the myth, the building
Author: Hannah Richards Winner of the Crafoord Prize, John Maynard Smith was a world leading evolutionary biologist and geneticist, he had an influential impact on the use of game theory…
Graphene-fed Silkworms Spin Conductive Fabric
Researchers at Tsinghua University come up with environmentally friendly method to make conductive silk. Yingying Zhang and her colleagues have recently made a breakthrough in silk production. The new material…
MP and Sussex Professor collide over tide
Author: Hannah Richards Our very own Professor Paul Nightingale gave UKIP MP Douglas Carswell a quick science lesson after he criticised his Brexit analogy on Twitter. Nightingale, in support of…
I want to talk to you about tingles
Author: Ronan Murphy What is ASMR? The litte known phenomenon with a large online following. You may have experienced them before. I’m not talking about the chills you get from…
Bad trips ain’t all that bad
New research brings new light on whether “bad” trips deserve the negative press Research at the John Hopkins University shows participants recalling bad trips from ‘shrooms’ felt like it had…
Tian(long)gong-1: Chinese satellite out of control
China’s first space station is falling out of orbit slowly and painfully, here to grace the planet Earth in late 2017 The Tiangong program is aiming to bring China into…
Black Lives Matter has a point about climate change
The organisation’s recent demo at London City Airport has left many scratching their heads. You may not agree with their conclusions but it is undeniable that non-white people are disproportionally…