The marathon limit: just how fast can we go?
On the 12th of October 2019, a mark that was once seen as impossible was broken by Eliud Kipchoge. Crossing the…
Exploring the Indo-Australian Archipelago: The Wallace Line
Image credits: Journal of Biogeography, December 2019 Abstract Indonesia has the third largest tract of tropical rainforest in the world,…
Why are some alleles really dominant?
When learning about genetic crosses and the utility of Punnett squares, we benefit from the fact that some alleles are dominant,…
3D Printing Organs
A shortage of organs represents a huge current major health crisis. We currently have an ageing population, and as we…
Colonising Mars – Multi-planetary Life
Throughout history, human curiosity has managed to propel our species from an insignificant band of apes to the dominant life…
Antibiotics: From Saviour to Traitor
Prior to the beginning of the twentieth century, disease ravaged the world. Even in industrialized countries, it remained a nightmare….
“It’s nanotech; do you like it?”
Credits for cover image: screenrant.com Nanotechnology. What is it? What can it do? One of the coolest scenes in the…
March 2020 – Discover more
Hello all! This is a new segment we will be trying, where every month the editors pick out a couple…
Burger Science
The first thing your teeth sink into, as you chew your way through a juicy burger is the bun. As…
A, C, T, G, U, P, Z – Toying with Genetics
‘There are four bases, adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine.’ This phrase has been directly lifted from the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE…
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