HeLa: The incredible woman behind our pioneering biological revelations
Words by Rosie Marilyn Burgess As I sat at home on my sofa mid-lockdown, having just finished the last page…
NASA's Exciting new endeavour to Seek life on Mars.
Meet the six-wheeled, robotic vehicle at the forefront of space exploration and its task for finding extra- terrestrial life
The Science of Dreams
Words by: Isaac Hallé For millennia humans have sought to understand the meaning of the visual auditory experiences which occur…
The dark secrets of herbal remedies
Words by: Bethan Grimshaw Whether it’s tumeric tablets or rescue remedy, chances are you have used a so-called “herbal” or…
Is Quantum Supremacy really a step for tech-kind?
Google claims it has achieved "quantum supremacy" in a recently published paper.
Your God is Not My God: Evolution as Fact
Evolution. It is a scientific FACT. Not a ‘theory’. A theory in the scientific world is a specialist term to…
Science Stunted?
Has the march of progress halted, or is that just a misconception? There are a lot of myths in…
You Can’t Polish A Nerd Review
When I decided to feature Festival of the Spoken Nerd in The Badger, it was with plenty of confidence that…
Sussex scientists invent new touchscreen
Smashed phone screens may be a thing of the past as scientists at the University of Sussex have invented a new…
Anti-Ageing… Again
Will we ever defeat death? No. But we’re doing our damnedest. Over the past… history of man-kind, there have been treatments…
23andMe to develop designer drugs
Controversial genetic testing company 23andMe announced this month that they intend to create drugs from spit samples. Whilst this sounds…
Full body transplants: What are the ethical concerns?
You would feel uncomfortable if your face is ‘photoshopped’ onto someone else’s body. How about if you wake up one…
Are we really two years from full body transplants?
“While there’s life, there’s hope”. The famous quote by Stephen Hawking, adopted in The Theory of Everything which won the…
Research suggests brains can control wheelchairs
Best known for having created a full body robotic suit which helped a paralysed man to kick off the 2014…
Nerd Nite Review: February 2015
This month, hosted at Komedia, a larger and rather upgraded venue than the usual gathering area, Nerd Nite featured a…
The facts behind DIY genetic testing kits
Self-testing for illnesses has been a growing trend, with an array of DIY kits for sale online and in pharmacies…
Research suggests RNA molecules are life’s engineers
At the very foundation of modern biology lies the idea that the majority of genes encoded in DNA are transcribed…
De-Extinction: A Recipe for Resurrection
De-extinction; the term given to the notion of bringing vanished species back to life. The concept has been hovering between…
The biology of us – Part 2: The growing stage
Have you ever wondered why the human body is shaped the way it is? The answer goes back to when…
A lowdown on the ‘three-parent babies’ debate
On February 3, MPs voted in favour of changing the law on a controversial IVF technique to create babies with…