Mankind’s Epic Journey: ‘Human’ Live with Ella Al-Shamahi
In a dimly lit Komedia in the North Laine, Ella Al-Shamahi starts her live show off-stage with an enticing prologue, immediately drawing the audience into of humanity’s most profound stories.…
Climate, conflict and collapse- The End of Bronze Age Civilisation
David Wengrows “What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West” explores the technological creations of different communities that defined success and advancement across civilisations. Within…
The TikTok Ban, ByteDance, and the “Splinternet”
The US TikTok ban represents more than the surface level new-cold-war tension between America and China. It personifies a growing divide between both advocates and critics of a global, open…
The Brainrot of Snapchat Discovery
As of late, the term Brainrot is in the majority of student vocabulary. Awarded Oxford University’s word of the year for 2024. It is often associated with phrases like ‘Skibidi…
Screen Addiction Isn’t Just Detrimental To Generation Z and Above: It’s Time To Consider Everyone.
It’s quite clear that the severity and frequency of screen addiction cases has worsened significantly since the pandemic. Amongst the chattering of brain-rot, I’ve come to observe a growing consensus…
Sustainable Dining through 3D Food Printing
In an era plagued by concerns over food waste and environmental sustainability, 3D-printed food emerges as a beacon of hope for conscientious diners. While the concept of 3D-printed food has…
Who Owns Your Voice?
With artificial intelligence rapidly advancing, we are posed with new challenges on how we can protect our identity. As examples of deepfakes are spread across the internet, concerns are raised…
Nature’s Blueprint: Biomimicry
Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane? Mia Sawyer, Staff Writer Nature has played just as big of a part in the development of flight as science has; with…
COP-Out 28: Oil Talk, No Action
The Conference of Parties (COP) is synonymous with the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Convened annually since 1995, the COP summits serve as a platform for signatories to the United…
Food Security and Rewilding
The media has loved pitting conservation and agriculture against each other, each side seemingly having conflicting interests and competition for land. The polarisation on topics surrounding nature and food often…
Robotics: Mastermind of the Ping Pong Juggler
Ping Pong is a fun, fast-paced sport that attracts players of all abilities due to its simple rules. But when it comes to robots playing ping pong, it’s not so…
NFTs and Blockchains: The Internet’s New Buzzwords Explained
words by Maria Margot Kafka, Staff Writer A Nyan Cat GIF NFT was auctioned for $590,000. Twitter’s former CEO sold his first tweet for $3 million. As images, they are…
Meta: Facebook’s Swift Rebrand
words by Maria Margot Kafka, Staff Writer On October the 28th, a mere 6 days after media outlets published the Facebook Papers, Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta: the name of the…
Life Changing Technology: Freestyle Libre
words by Molly Openshaw, Arts Print Editor The Freestyle Libre and its dramatic impact on diabetic people’s lifestyle The Freestyle Libre (FL) is a flash monitoring glucose system to measure…
October’s Social Media Outage
Words by Dominic West, Staff Writer What happened with Facebook a fortnight ago? What is a DNS error? Why did it take so long to fix? Let’s take a look.…
Top tech to get you through first year
University is an extremely rewarding experience but parts of it can be challenging. For many, it involves living away from home for the first time. Without home commodities, going about…
What’s best for students — PS4 OR PS5?
Words by Max Cowie, Staff Writer For those looking for a new tech investment for this coming academic year, the age old question of when to take the video game…
A tweet worth 2.9 million dollars
The market for NFTs has skyrocketed over the past year – but what are NFTs and why have they taken off so rapidly? NFT stands for Non-Fungible token. Fungibility refers…
Robotic foresters could be key in deforestation fight
Words by Harry Smith We entered the year 2020 at a critical point in deforestation across the Amazon, but in what was meant to be a blockbuster year for climate…
SpaceX’s Starship
Meet the spacecraft that will take you to Mars, or to New York in twenty-nine minutes.