Science & Technology

De-extinction; the term given to the notion of bringing vanished species back to life. The concept has been hovering between reality and science fiction for more then two decades since…

On Jan 29 Nintendo rolled out it’s Creator’s Program, “designed for people who post videos to YouTube that contain Nintendo intellectual property,” sharing revenue between Let’s Players and the Japanese…

Have you ever wondered why the human body is shaped the way it is? The answer goes back to when a fertilised egg was growing in the mothers womb. This…

Last week, I was fortunate enough to buy myself a new phone. Nothing out of the ordinary there. Rather than buy the next incremental upgrade, I decided to take the…

We’re not quite at the point of Skynet seeking to destroy us all, we are however living through a period that sees artificial intelligence increasing in not just its power…

On February 3, MPs voted in favour of changing the law on a controversial IVF technique to create babies with ‘three parents’. The new law will allow IVF clinics to…

The last few months have been a turbulent ride for file sharing site The Pirate Bay. For years the site “hid” from the authorities by constantly changing their URL and…

Many Doctor Who fans will remember the somewhat strange image of The Face of Boe who, and I hope I am not revealing any spoilers for readers, is revealed to…

As far as classic survival horror is concerned, it rarely gets any better than the original Resident Evil. The haunting atmosphere, terrifying enemies and cringe-worthy dialogue defined the genre when…

Last year I was in a terrible place, recently diagnosed with depression. I spent most of my holidays alone, panicking and worrying about certain things that now seem quite insignificant…

Did you know, the one fertilised egg cell we begin life as goes on to form around 100 trillion cells, producing people like you and me? That’s a lot of…

Music, cake, laughter, quizzes and nerdy science talks – yes, you guessed it. It’s time for this month’s Nerd Nite. As you most probably know, Nerd Nite delights and fascinates…

Brighton and Hove has been named as the selfie capital of the UK by researchers. Per person more selfies were taken in Brighton and Hove than any other city in…

A couple of weeks ago Google Inc. took Glass off the market. They say it can now graduate from Google, their experimental lab, and continue being developed in its own…

Work hard play hard. Fully accepting the consequences of a heavy night out, Adira lays across her bed, eagerly anticipating the arrival of her mother to collect her for the…

‘Most cancers are caused by bad luck’; the title that has featured in headlines recently. Many news articles have claimed that the risk of getting cancer is due more to…

The founder of popular and controversial image board, 4chan, has retired after 11 and a half years. Chris Poole, who uses the alias moot, has retired from running the site…

The recent Microsoft conference seems to be bringing about a step forward for the company that in recent days has appeared to be struggling for ideas. The catastrophe that was…

Life is Strange does a fantastic job of emulating a television show, with a story intriguing enough to be worth playing, but some will find that its format is more…

My housemate was given his first smartphone for Christmas. An entry-level device, it serves him well without having cost too much, but it didn’t stop us mocking the confused way…