Science & Technology

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 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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Air pollution is beginning to creep into the national consciousness. The problem has been recognised worldwide for many years, but – as is often the case with environmental issues –…

Recent statements on Artificial intelligence (AI) from governments around the world have speculated on ways the technology could drastically change the world of work. It could happen in ways you…

Poaching has been a threat for many years but the situation is now so critical that elephants and rhinos may become extinct within our lifetime. The population of Black Rhino…

In this globalised world, regions untouched by humanity and the problems we bring are fast diminishing. Like many of the world’s problems, climate change is a vast one, and although…

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…

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…

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…

David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Terry Wogan, Britain’s relationship with the EU, to name but a few: 2016 has been a year full of painful losses thus far, so the news…

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…

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…