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  • What is that caramel flavoured e-cigarette doing to your lungs?

    What is that caramel flavoured e-cigarette doing to your lungs?

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    When Ernst and Young, one of the largest accounting firms in the world, conducted a global survey  as to why people chose to use e-cigarettes, the most common reason was that ‘vapes were less harmful than regular cigarettes’. However, research conducted by Quan Lu and Joseph Allen, researchers at Harvard University, has revealed that the…

  • International Day of Women in Science: women belong in science

    International Day of Women in Science: women belong in science

    When I was in high school, my physics teacher ascribed me of cheating because I got the highest exams scores in my class In the small Austrian village where I grew up, the image of a woman is still largely dominated by birthing children and spending her days in the kitchen. It seemed unthinkable that…

  • Can cannabis curb the challenges of autism?

    Can cannabis curb the challenges of autism?

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    Cannabis has long been a contentious substance in many societies. Holding a class B classification in the United Kingdom (UK) under the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act,  possession of cannabis can result in a prison sentence of up to five years or a hefty fine. However, in late 2018, the UK relaxed its regulations about…

  • A genetic link between inflammation and depression?

    A genetic link between inflammation and depression?

    Whilst there are many different cell types in our body, each contains the same DNA. In order to perform their particular roles, the cell types react differently to the DNA’s instructions by controlling when and how much each gene is expressed. There are entire subsets of genes whose only function is to regulate the expression…

  • Can whales learn deafness?

    Can whales learn deafness?

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    If you’re reading this on your computer then you’re probably within reaching distance of them. Go anywhere amongst the public and you’ll notice that a lot of people are wearing them. Headphones and earphones are becoming more and more commonplace throughout our lives. Some particularly sophisticated versions can even suppress environmental noises and enhance the…

  • Cancers produce painkillers

    Cancers produce painkillers

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    Cancer is often synonymous with pain and suffering. Abnormal cell growths produce multiple substances which increase the sensitivity and excitability of nociceptors (pain transmitting neurons), inducing hyperalgesia, a general increased sensitivity to pain, as well as allodynia, when a pain response is triggered by stimuli which do not normally provoke pain. However, not all types…

  • Could human infective ‘Trypanosoma evansi’ escape sub-Saharan Africa?

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    Between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn can be found a diverse group of infectious diseases, most common in low income populations. These are called neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). One group of NTDs are the trypanosomiases, so called because they are caused by various species of trypanosomes (flagellated parasites). Perhaps the most well-known trypanosome parasite…

  • Ada Lovelace Day 2017 – Celebrating women in STEM

    Ada Lovelace Day 2017 – Celebrating women in STEM

    The underrepresentation of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) is a very hot topic. Researchers are trying to identify the underlying causes and find ways to tackle the gender imbalance in these fields. More and more often, networks are created and events are organised to support and promote the ladies of STEM. One…

  • EUSci at the Fringe 2017 / Why do we need evidence?

    EUSci at the Fringe 2017 / Why do we need evidence?

    When I attended “Why do we need evidence?” at the Edinburgh Fringe, I didn’t expect an event about the history of medical science to leave me despairing for its future. The long and in many cases tedious road to scientific discovery (which led to the discovery of antibiotics, genes, vitamins, and bacterial life forms) often…

  • EUSci at the Fringe 2017 / Skeptics on the Fringe

    EUSci at the Fringe 2017 / Skeptics on the Fringe

    The Edinburgh Skeptics Society (ESS) is a non-profit organisation created in 2009 with the aim of promoting evidence-based scientific discussions and critical thinking, by having a lay-audience engage with speakers of diverse scientific backgrounds; from arts and humanities, to politics, biology, chemistry and beyond. The spirit of this organisation is well captured in their slogan…