What is your first memory – and did it ever really happen?
By Lucy V Justice, Martin Conway & Shazia Akhtar Do you remember when you were a baby? What was your first memory? I can remember being a baby. I recall being in a vast room inside a doctor’s surgery. I was passed to a nurse and then placed in cold metal scales to...
Q+A: What are the hidden costs of civilisation?
What are the hidden costs of civilisation? Could civilisation be behind disease, mental illness, climate change, and religious fundamentalism? Spencer Wells thinks it might just be. Maria Armoudian speaks to Wells about his book Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of...
Do dogs really, truly understand what we tell them?
By Lauren Mackenzie Reynolds Do dogs really, truly understand what we tell them? Scientists trained some pups to endure MRIs to help find out, as Lauren Makenzie Reynolds explains. Scrolling back through my Instagram posts recently, I came across a short video I took...
Is it safe to eat GMO foods?
By Devang Mehta Genomics expert Devang Mehta explores whether it is safe to eat genetically modified food. So far, all commercially available GMO crops, anywhere in the world, have been found to be substantially equivalent to their non-GM counterparts. This means that...
Pulling all-nighters may damage your brain
By Hannah Thomasy Doctoral candidate Hannah Thomasy discusses the impacts of all-nighters on the brain. Is staying up late a health risk? For decades, scientists have suspected that there is a connection between poor sleep and neurodegenerative diseases like...
Should you let your dog lick your face?
By Jennifer Tsang Dogs stick their noses in everything, but many people believe their saliva is beneficial. Dog licks have been considered medically beneficial to humans for millennia. In ancient Egypt, dogs were used in healing practices since they believed that dog...
CO₂ shortage: Why can’t we just pull carbon dioxide out of the air?
By Peter Styring & Katy Armstrong With the effects of climate change continuing to be widely felt around the world and the ongoing increase of CO₂ in the atmosphere, why can’t we just pull carbon dioxide out of the air? More people than ever are acutely...
Is inheritance about more than just genes?
By Nicola Shepheard Epigenetics has been hailed as the missing link between genes and environment. Nicola Shepheard explores this phenomenon in greater detail and seeks out whether inheritance is about more than just genes. The growing knowledge of how experiences get...
What happened to life on Mars?
By Monica Grady Monica Grady looks at the recent detection of organic material on Mars and whether this means more evidence of past life on the red planet. It was to a great fanfare of publicity that researchers announced they had found evidence for past life on Mars...Subscribe by Email
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