23rd November 2023
Maths, once arguably the most feared subject, is now…fun? What does this shift say about our relationship with maths- and is it for the better? Numbers are one of the most important aspects of day-to-day life, from budgets and bills, to schedules and daily decisions, basic numeracy and mathematics are vital skills. Yet, for many, ...
23rd November 2023
The diversity of sexuality in the animal kingdom has been largely kept quiet, it’s time to embrace the prevalence of same-sex activities in the wild, for science, but for society too. “Historians will say they were just friends”. From Achilles and Patroclus to anyone Sapho ever came into contact with; across human history there are ...
23rd November 2023
Feel like your degree is sending you mad? You’re not alone. Mad scientists make me feel inferior. As I fail to understand yet another quantum mechanics lecture dressed in a supremely boring outfit (even by the standards of 2003, which still has an unfortunate grip on my wardrobe), I wonder—how can one person both make ...
15th October 2023
Undergraduate labs feel like an exercise in winging it, how might things be different if we approached them more rationally? The clock strikes half past three, and I’m in the trenches in a frighteningly white laboratory whilst most of my peers are frolicking around Kelvingrove Park, or however the rest of the student population spend ...
15th October 2023
STEM disciplines demand the use of evidence to justify ideas, Political ideology follows a less defined path. What might a Government made up of scientists look like? There is a rather solid body of evidence that in British politics, those in charge of the country are very willing to ignore experts. One consistency throughout the ...
15th October 2023
Nuclear power is making a slow comeback as a low-carbon energy source, is it time for a rebrand? The use of nuclear energy as a source of electricity in Britain is facing a revival after former Secretary of State for Energy Security, Grant Shapps, launched the Great British Nuclear (GBN) body. He also committed to ...
15th October 2023
Science should be appreciated in all forms, not just as “pure” academics. Often, when we dive into the realms of STEM, there’s this prevailing notion that what we’re delving into is somehow superior to the so-called “soft” sciences like psychology, or the social sciences, such as history. It’s easy to see where this idea comes ...
9th September 2023
A deep dive into the world of alternative sound healing via solfeggio frequencies, a new age scam built off decades of misinformation. In the world of alternative and new age medicine, few things are stranger than the concept of music healing. For one, it’s because it kind of works. This isn’t just a homoeopathy-type case; ...
9th September 2023
Scotland will soon be home to five spaceports: here’s why it’s time for Scotland’s otherworldly ‘historic moment’. Picture a rocket launch. Most likely your mind takes you somewhere in North America, but it’s time to start thinking closer to home – how about Scotland? The UK’s spaceport programme has proposed that five out of seven ...
9th March 2023
Music is a universal feature of human culture – not a single civilisation or society has existed without it. The benefits of musical engagement are so wide ranging and consequential that rather than thinking of music as a hobby or recreational activity, I believe it makes more sense to conceive of it as an essential ...
