Mine Creatures
NASA astrobiologists find new extremophile in a Mexican mine, the big question is how did they get there? Currently on the terrestrial channel “Dave”, former WWE favourite “Stone Cold” Steve…
Footballers and boxers share a risk of dementia
Footballers may be at increased risk of dementia due to the brain trauma caused by repeatedly heading the ball In an average game of football a player heads the ball…
Depression: available for download
A study has found that depressive episodes are more prevalent in teenagers and social media is to blame Teenage life in the 21st Century is unparalleled with any previous generation.…
You are what you wear
Students wearing a police-like uniform were more distracted by images of people wearing hoodies than students wearing mechanic’s overalls. In 2015 African-Americans were shot dead by police officers at three…
Neuroscience explores Sex, Drugs, and Rock’n’Roll
Researchers have found that the opioid system, responsible for pleasure from natural rewards and drugs, is also needed for the enjoyment of music Music and drugs activate the same circuits…
A new breed of robot
Soft, transparent robots could soon be doing surgery as engineers at MIT have used advanced hydrogel to make powerful, durable robots Engineers at MIT have made hydrogel robots capable of…
Sleeping makes your smart
A pair of studies published in the same week have shown that our synapses shorten when we’re asleep, revealing more about the link between sleeping and memory. Fans of the…
Organs on demand
Part-human, part-pig embryos have successfully been created, marking the creation of the first chimeric embryos from two large, distantly related species and the first step in producing genetically-matched human organs…
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…
Three blind mice and a human with lung cancer
Researchers at the Salk Institute California have successfully used the CRISPR technique to edit faulty genes in adult cells. Previously it had only been possible to use the technique in…
Bottles irresistible to sea birds
Seabirds are more likely to ingest plastic because it emits an odour similar to krill digesting algae. Everyday 15000 pieces of plastic are dumped in the ocean. That adds up…
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…
Real men… drop out of drug trials
A clinical trial was stopped because an independent safety committee deemed that the risks of the study outweighed the benefits. Normally this would be seen as good ethical practice and…
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…
Millennials work as hard as the rest
I am writing this article at 8:30pm on a Sunday evening, having spent my entire weekend sat at my desk revising for an exam – I am a Millennial and…
A trip to space: an unforgettable experience?
A recent study has warned that astronauts on missions to Mars could develop dementia as a result of cosmic radiation. Scientists at the University of California found cognitive deficits and…
Keep an eye on the police
A research group at the University of Cambridge has found that providing police officers with body-worn reduces complaints against the police. What would you do if the people supposed to…
The Hinkley Conundrum
It will cost billions to build, the technology isn’t sound and there are cheaper, safer alternatives yet we’re still going ahead with Hinkley point C. The government has given the…
Gonorrhoea can be incurable, pay attention
On the 21st September The United Nations General Assembly held a meeting on the issue of antibiotic resistance and it’s not a moment too soon. Imagine a time when cancer…
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…