Is artificial blood the future of transfusion medicine?
Words By Nisal Karunaratne The concept of ‘artificial blood’ has been around some centuries, ever since English physician William Harvey was the first to recognise and name the importance of…
Water off a duck-billed dinosaur’s back?
Words By Sam Ashby In a first for palaeontology, new fossil findings suggest some dinosaurs migrated across oceans to reach Triassic Africa. Our knowledge on the distribution and behaviour of…
Gene editing mosquitos to curb malaria
Words By Holly Tarn Mosquitos. The mere mention of the word gets the best of us irritated. And for good reason – aside from the incessant itching, mosquitos are a…
Lockdown from the view of science: ‘The Great Barrington Declaration’
Words By Rob Barrie With a vaccine for coronavirus on the horizon, an ever-growing group of scientists argues whether lockdown really is the best route into a post-pandemic world. During…
Read now: The Badger’s sixth edition!
Pick up The Badger’s last edition of the term! Christmas is coming but the big stories are still rolling in- have a flick through for all of the student-centric need-to-know…
Spotlight on sickle cell disease
Words By Colm Kelliher Dr Norris Igbineweka, who is presently a Clinical PhD Research Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine and Imperial College London’s Haematology…
The world’s tiniest boat
Words By Amy-Rose Collins Researchers at Leiden University in The Netherlands, helmed by Drs Rachel Doherty and Daniela Kraft, have created the worlds smallest 3D printed boat. At just 30…
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Is it time for the UK to change its laws?
Words By Rosie Burgess This week’s referendum in New Zealand, in which euthanasia for people with terminal illnesses was legalised by a landslide margin (62.5% to 33.8%), marked a very…
Andrea Ghez becomes 4th woman to win a physics Nobel prize
Words By Amy-Rose Collins At the centre of our galaxy, there lies a heavyweight monster capable of devouring entire star systems in a single gulp. Three Laureates have the beast…
Will the Playstation 5 be worth it?
Words by Robert Barrie In the United Kingdom, November 19 shall see the release of Sony’s most recent iteration of one of their most successful products and indeed one of…
Fixing our genes
A look at the current status of gene therapy and where it may take us next
A Step Closer to Living on the Moon
NASA announces discovery of water on the surface of the Moon.
Chickens, Gonads and CRISPR: An evening with Dr Güneş Taylor
Words By Rosie Marilyn Burgess On 1 October, Liberate the Debate had the pleasure of spending an evening with Dr Güneş Taylor on Zoom. Dr Taylor is a postdoctoral research…
Cancer drug leads to Multiple Sclerosis breakthrough
Trials lead to first-ever success in the repair of nerve coating in humans, fueling hope for sufferers of the disease.
The COVID-19 vaccine: Combatting the pandemic effectively
Words by Waqar Ahmed Just mere weeks after a six-day pause in the Oxford-AstraZeneca trial, the race for a COVID-19 vaccine is at its peak, with more than 200 vaccines…
International Day of Climate Action – Sunday, 25th October
Words By Sam Ashby If you do one thing for this year’s International Day of Climate Action, aside from reading this article, of course, make sure you watch David Attenborough’s…
Read now: The Badger’s Third Edition
Have a read of The Badger's third edition of the academic year! From COVID headlines to spooky book recommendations, this edition isn't one to miss.
Decreasing the cost of medical cannabis
Words by Eleanor Deane, Science and Tech editor EMMAC Life Sciences Group, Europe’s largest independent cannabis company has become the first in the UK to take complete control of the…
Covid Drugs and Vaccines
Where are we in the development process?