19th February 2024
Stunning entertainment, sure, but does the Traitors serve as an insight into human behaviour? It’s iconic. The castle, the drama, the fringe. A TV show that has gripped the hearts of the nation: The Traitors. For the uninitiated, The Traitors is essentially what would happen if you mixed together a primary school game of wink ...
19th February 2024
The killers we cannot see, antibiotic resistance takes millions of lives each year, but there seems to be a glimpse of hope… A formidable challenge to human health looms, antibiotic resistance. Once hailed as miracle drugs, antibiotics are now becoming less effective, with the World Health Organization (WHO) labelling this phenomenon as a “top threat” ...
19th February 2024
Commercial space travel is fast becoming an accepted reality, but is it worth it? Growing up by the sea, the sky at night was clear and brilliant for stargazing. Travelling the galaxy used to be something which we could only experience through our imagination and on screen. Now, with the establishment of new companies focused ...
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, so Niamh Docherty considers 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 ...
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 ...
