Mine Creatures
NASA astrobiologists find new extremophile in a Mexican mine, the big question is how did they get there? Currently on…
Footballers and boxers share a risk of dementia
Footballers may be at increased risk of dementia due to the brain trauma caused by repeatedly heading the ball In…
Free Trade is Fair Trade
After WW2 the world was ravaged by conflict. Everyone was in agreement, this could not be allowed to happen again.…
The Big Debate: We need to privatise the NHS
In Favor Fraser Coppin When the words “privatization” and “NHS” are uttered in the same sentence, it’s not uncommon to…
Tuition fee rise fiasco: confusion continues
Sussex is set to raise tuition fees for all continuing home and EU undergraduate students as well as new students…
Sussex embroiled in ‘right wing attitudes’ discussion
A Sussex Centre for Conflict and Security Research (SCSR) poster advertising an “informal discussion” on “how to deal with right…
Depression: available for download
A study has found that depressive episodes are more prevalent in teenagers and social media is to blame Teenage life…
Underground Profiles: POLAR
Brighton’s underground scene is getting a vital injection of energy from POLAR, who are supporting up and coming DJ’s in…
The Big Debate: Drug culture is a detriment to student life
Agree Rodnick Brugnara Every student at our University has had a night out completely ruined by drugs. Maybe not a…
Fees rise for current students
Sussex will see fees rise to £9,250 for every home and EU undergraduate, including current students, those who have already…
Neuroscience explores Sex, Drugs, and Rock’n’Roll
Researchers have found that the opioid system, responsible for pleasure from natural rewards and drugs, is also needed for the…
Dehumanising the Homeless
When walking to work, I saw a homeless man face down, motionless, on the pavement. I asked if he was…
The Big Debate: Should we protest the results of democracy?
Yes Georgia Grace The aftermath of the 2015 General Election may retrospectively be seen as the beginning of the current…
Sleeping makes your smart
A pair of studies published in the same week have shown that our synapses shorten when we’re asleep, revealing more…
Fascist stickers found on campus
Students express outrage at discovery of images depicting British fascist Oswald Mosley Union condemns ‘hate incident’ after stickers found in…
“We Must Keep On Fighting” Interview with Alex Andreou
Only a few weeks into 2017, and already we are seeing the general standing of the LGBTQ+ community threatened, as…
The Big Debate: The LGBTQ+ movement is now more about image than change
Agree Georgia Grace When I moved to Brighton last summer, one of the many things that excited me about my…
Fascist imagery on campus: memetic warfare or Fashthetic trolling?
The Badger investigated the fascist themed stickers found on Sussex’s campus, leading to the online communities of the alt-right and…
An Ode to New Queer Cinema
In a 1992 edition of the British Film Institute magazine, Sight and Sound, the American scholar B Ruby Rich coined…
East Slope, no hope: heating and water fails
Residents of East Slope have suffered from a lack of heating and hot water for the second time in a…