Should Scotland reintroduce the Eurasian lynx to its highlands?
Samantha Dougary explores whether the Eurasian lynx should be reintroduced back into the Scottish Highlands, to once again be free...
Category: Opinion
Reflections on the history of radiocarbon dating
Alice Spaccasassi explores what the history of radiocarbon dating can teach us about how we celebrate and remember scientific discoveries....
What can we learn from ye olde medicine?
Ellie Bennett explores how answers to the global problem of antimicrobial resistance, a decidedly modern phenomenon, may lie in the...
Scientific culture – do we need to slow down?
Seán Dunphy explores how the structures of academic funding and publishing have shaped modern scientific culture. Thousands marching to fight...
A coronavirus vaccine is desperately needed, but what are we willing to do to get it?
Tom Edwick dives into the ethics of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development. Image credit: Government of Prince Edward Island via Flickr As...
Is this it for Human Evolution?
Image Credit: Vector Open Stock via Flickr Humankind, in all our arrogance, have always told ourselves that we were different...
What makes a vaccine?
Image Credit: Karolina Grabowska vis Pexels In the age of COVID-19, science communication has become more important than ever. In...
The Perils and Possibilities of CRISPR Whispering
Image credit: Elsie Greenwood In November 2018 a controversial public announcement was published on YouTube by He Jiankui, a biophysics...
Time for an upgrade? Exploring human neural enhancement
Image credit: Aytuguluturk, Pixabay When considering neuroprosthetics and brain-machine interfaces, cyborgs and sentient robots may come to mind – part...
