All aboard the brain train?
Elliot Tebboth With the growing popularity of Brain Training Apps it is important to ask the question – Do they work? On consulting the available evidence it reveals that the…
Where did youth come from? Where will youth go?
Sabrina Edwards, The Badger’s Science Editor, looks at the context and organization behind one of the largest climate protests in recent history as well as what’s next for the global…
Defence report indicates dystopian reality
Elliot Tebboth If you think Black Mirror was a horrifying dystopian portrayal of technology, read the latest Global Strategic Trends report by Ministry of Defence (MoD). The document, titled ‘The…
Sussex team identify immunodeficiency disorder
Zunera Bashir, Grace Shallis & Zia Afrin A novel autosomal recessive chromosome breakage syndrome known as LICS; Lung disease, Immunodeficiency, Chromosome Instability Syndrome has been identified by Dr Jo Murray…
Brexit spells corn-fusion for GM regulation
Kalpshree Gogte Genetically modified, or GM, crops have been a hot-button issue in UK regulatory spheres for decades. To complicate matters further, a recent EU Commission ruling stated that even…
Pub(lic) Science: Inaugural Run
Elliot Tebboth “Around two in five (39 per cent) of the public say they usually understand stories about science that they come across in the news, and a further half…
Digestive system and mental health linked
Jodie Smith The gut, also known as the digestive system, isn’t popularly associated with mental health and emotions. This should be surprising since the gut is commonly referred to as…
Latest IPCC Report Spells Climate Doom
Elliot Tebboth The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, known as SR15. It outlines the benefits produced from limiting global temperature…
New Shipping Route Opens in Arctic due to Ice Caps Melting
Jodie Smith As climate change is a topic under constant discussion and scrutiny across the globe, recent news of container ships moving on through the new Arctic passageway introduces a…
CRISPR patent rights awarded, implications for innovation
Meena Zaveri CRISPR is a relatively new and exciting innovation whose reputation has exploded across the science community in the last few years. It is a cheap and easy method…
Lost Letter of Galileo Rediscovered, Implications for Current Scientists
Elliot Tebboth We now commend Galileo’s contribution to the body of scientific knowledge. In his work “On the Method of Theoretical Physics” published in 1934, Einstein heralded him “the father…
Junior Research Associates speak on their summer
The Junior Research Associate (JRA) scheme is a program run by the University to give undergraduate students who are interested in post-graduate research hands-on experience. Students participate over the summer…
The best breakthroughs of 2018 thus far
As we begin a new school year, this is a great time for Sabrina Edwards, the new Science editor, to reflect on the best scientific breakthroughs of 2018 so far.…
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…
Young blood promotes brain regeneration
On the “growing old is natural” vs “it should be medically reversed” debate, vampires have crossed the picket line from the get-go and scientists have just proven they may have…
The educational psychology of children with autism
The scientific field of educational psychology studies the relationship between learning processes and the individual differences in cognitive development, motivation and intelligence. The majority of children are able to understand…
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…
Neuroscience: it must be love on the brain
If you’re madly in love, I’d like to ask you to take a moment to consider what exactly is happening inside your brain. Love is a many-chemical thing, a complicated…