Do viruses make your clock tick wrong?
With the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic happening, let’s delve into one of the many clever strategies that viruses use to successfully...
Changing the perception of distance
HYPED is the University of Edinburgh’s Hyperloop Team, dedicated to developing the world’s fifth mode of transport. The hyperloop concept,...
The brain is overrated: a look at cognition in slime mould
Historical, scientific and philosophical adventure into the nature of consciousness seems to have, nine times out of ten, made the...
Artificial intelligence tackling coronavirus
Image credit: MaxPixel An outbreak of the latest coronavirus strain to cause acute respiratory disease, COVID-19, has shown artificial intelligence...
Secrets of the salamander: Genes identified in limb regeneration
Researchers at Yale University have used an adapted method of haploid genetic screening, which involves creating transplantable grafts from mutated...
A good deal gone bad: how evolving more intricate brains made us vulnerable to autism spectrum disorders
Image credit: Meo via Pexels.com What if the evolutionary changes which made us human also laid the foundation for some...
Coronavirus – a breakdown
Image credit: Katie Chao and Ben Muessig via Flickr 2019-nCoV, a previously unknown type of coronavirus, emerged in the central...
The Microbiome: Can New Sequencing Techniques Fast Track Therapeutic Discovery?
A true staple of modern pop-science, the age-old nature vs nurture debate is the bread and butter for many. However,...
Should we tax plastic?
Governments across the globe have started to consider the introduction of plastic taxes, with a largely negative reception. In Italy,...