Ethnic-bioweapons: between conspiracy and reality
Bioweapons exist, while ethnic-bioweapons are whispered conspiracies. Pandemics can fairly hazardous to human life, the 1918 Flu Pandemic killed 20-50 million people. A man made pandemic could cause complete pandemonium,…
Cambridge Analytica: did Facebook share your personal data?
The last couple of weeks have been tough for Facebook, as it reels from the public scrutiny it has received over its lackadaisical protection of personal data. In an effort…
Sussex fails to show it increased fees to £9250 legally
A year long investigation by The Badger into the way the University increased fees for continuing students over 2017/18 has left management failing to release any information showing it is…
Staff and students frozen out: VC goes it alone in UCU pension negotiation
The Vice Chancellor Adam Tickell has frozen out staff and students in negotiations on pensions as he becomes the only VC to negotiate on behalf of Universities UK (UUK). While…
Brexit and future tech
With a close eye trained on Brexit and contemporary Britain’s place in a fast-changing world, Science Co-Editor Luke Richards makes clear his opinion on how our nation should be hoping…
Biohacker regrets own biohacking: CRISPR done wrong?
Aaron Traywick, 28, could well claim to be the world’s most notorious ‘biohacker’, that is, a do-it-yourself biologist, looking for new ways to do things with biology using techniques such…
Billionaire builds colossal 10,000 year clock
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has gone ahead with a plan to build a giant clock to promote long term thinking. The clock’s design should allow it to be accurate for…
Rockets and technopoltics: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy
The launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy could become a defining feature in humanity’s exploration of space, but this impressive technical feat opens up a new frontier of questions around technology…
Head of School of Life Sciences steps down
Award-winning Professor Laurence Pearl is stepping down as Head of School of Life Sciences after more than 8 years at its helm. He is leaving the position to focus on…
Students scorn School of Life Science
Several disgruntled students have spoken out at their disappointment with the Life Science department with damning comments on how it is run. These students told The Badger of an array…
‘A Brave New You’: Human Enhancement and Bioinnovation
“O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in’t!” -Shakespeare, The Tempest Homo sapiens; our differences in…
Swastikas found on Sussex campus
A poster on campus has been defaced by swastikas. The poster, advertising a talk by Yoav and Horit Herman Peled, was titled “the religionization of Israeli society”. Inciting racial hatred,…
Cut the Rent protest: activists occupy Sussex House through sit-in
15 activists from Cut the Rent have occupied Sussex House. Performing a sit-in protest over what they regard as unreasonable actions by the university. The protest took place during a…
Results for SU election announced
The results are in for this year’s Students’ Union election, which saw 20 candidates standing to be the voice of the student body at Sussex. Turnout for the elections was…
Tuition fee rise fiasco: confusion continues
Sussex is set to raise tuition fees for all continuing home and EU undergraduate students as well as new students in 2017/18. However, to students without a thorough understanding of…
Fees rise for current students
Sussex will see fees rise to £9,250 for every home and EU undergraduate, including current students, those who have already started on £9,000. The announcement was included at the bottom…
Fascist imagery on campus: memetic warfare or Fashthetic trolling?
The Badger investigated the fascist themed stickers found on Sussex’s campus, leading to the online communities of the alt-right and Fashthetic memes. While reporting on the statement released by the…
Hate incident: Nazi imagery found on campus
A sticker containing Nazi imagery has been found at Falmer House. The action has been condemned by the Students’ Union, referring to it as a “hate incident on campus”, whilst…
Kitchen fire in East Slope raises safety concerns
A kitchen fire in East Slope has forced students to move out, in a situation an eye witness says: “it’s a miracle no one died.” While no one was harmed…
What of politics and privacy?
Advances in technology have caused a syncretic shift between what is public and what is private. What was once private is now more accessible than it has ever been, as…