Stop! Hammer time: NASA’s plans to prevent asteroids hitting Earth
Saraa Kaleem reports on NASA's plans to stop asteroids hitting Earth, using a HAMMER spacecraft.
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Testing of animals is based on misguided preconceptions of human superiority
Recently it has come to light that Birmingham University used 54,000 animals for scientific research in 2016, an increase of 7,000 animals from the previous year. The animals were used for a variety of pain inducing experiments. For example, mice were injected with toxins to replicate chronic liver injury while...
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Is Marcella too Dark for ITV Prime Time?
The ITV noir police drama Marcella has entered its second season, with the first season recently added to Netflix. However, is the show too dark and disturbing? Television is saturated with shows that offer a disturbing glimpse into the psyche of serial killers and psychopaths through police procedural dramas: Marcella is...
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2001: A Space Odyssey – 50 years of ‘timelessness’
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is a timeless masterpiece, in every possible sense. Firstly, because it literally is ‘timeless’ — it begins with the dawn of humanity but does not quite end with its dusk (although many would disagree). Secondly, because its relevance increases as time goes on. Prophetic in...
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The Power of Poetry
George Alldred explains the power poetry holds in our society, interspersed with snippets of his own poetry… Poetry is a literary pursuit which has dwindled in importance over the last few decades. Yet, its healing power is evident, especially when considering the rising number of mental health problems in...
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Skhandal: Warwick students explore Daemons in art exhibition
“Just do it.” The words of English Literature and Creative Writing student Peter Page, when asked what one piece of advice he would give to fellow aspiring creatives. Peter, along with four other second-year students – Willow Orton, Lis Skinner, Sara Murray and Ang Kia Yee – combined their efforts...
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Maser: laser’s older cousin which could be going mainstream thanks to new study
Samuel Sheppard reports on a new study by UCL and Imperial College London which reveals a maser which works at room temperature, giving rise to entirely new applications.
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Blockchain university launched by Oxford academics
The world’s first ‘blockchain university’, Woolf University, is being launched by a group of Oxford academics. It will be organised via an app, allowing individual students to connect with academics through methods such as one-on-one Skype tutorials and eliminating the need for a physical campus.
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Warwick has second worst gender pay gap in Russell Group
New figures show a median gender pay gap of 23.4% overall, in terms of hourly pay, at the University of Warwick: the second-worst among Russell Group universities.
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A Wrinkle in Time: Review
Ava DuVernay’s 2018 adventure film, A Wrinkle in Time, has attracted many people’s attention. Mine included. It was just by chance that I ended up going to the cinema to watch it today, accompanied by none other than my six-year old cousin. In all fairness, why not have a child’s...
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The Wombats Proudly Present: Understated night, overstated album
I’ve seen The Wombats perform live before – they’d visited my local festival two years ago and played one of the best sets I’d seen live. Naturally then, when my flatmates drunkenly pitched a Curveball in suggesting we purchase tickets for their current tour I was the first to volunteer...
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ASOS and Augmented Reality: Because One-Size Rarely Fits All
With the introduction of Augmented Reality on the ASOS website, writer Izy Gibson looks into the new shopping trend.
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Celebrating diversity at Warwick: an interview with Jetlagged
I sat down with Irene Zahariadis and Dominic Lam, the co-hosts of RAW’s show Jetlagged to talk about their show, diversity, multiculturalism, and Warwick’s international student body. The show was born out of their shared “experiences from having two different heritages”. Dominic is British-Hong Kong Chinese, and Irene is Greek-American....
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