What is the smell of rain and why do some of us love it so much?
Abi Parsons explores petrichor - the smell of rain - and why so many of us love it so much.
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UFC 227 provides as many questions as answers
Here are the main takeaways from UFC 227: Conor vs. Khabib – the biggest fight in UFC history After Conor McGregor’s absurd attack on Khabib Nurmagomedov’s bus in Brooklyn earlier this year, I called for the UFC to be brave and punish its biggest star sufficiently. Inevitably, in a business...
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SciTech study tips: Chemistry
Manpreet Kaur reveals how best to prepare for studying Chemistry at Warwick.
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The importance of Warwick Arts Centre to life at Warwick
About a month before I started university, I went to an open mic poetry night with a couple of friends. As a typical to-be fresher, I remember being nervous about what to expect from university life; I’d visited Warwick before, several times, but had no idea what life would be...
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Shape of new – introducing the scutoid, geometry’s new shape
What is the scutoid, and how do you find a new shape in a world where there surely can’t be much geometry left to discover?
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Mission Impossible: Fallout Review
When I went to see Mission Impossible: Fallout it was for a distraction after a bad day. I’d not seen any of the previous entries but it looked like a fun action film that would divert my attention for two and a half hours. It definitely succeeded in that regard,...
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Has capitalism led pride astray?
LGBT pride has its origins in radical organisation against homophobic and transphobic oppression. The first ever pride parade in 1970 was organised in commemoration of the first anniversary of Stonewall, a series of riots which took place in response to a police raid of Manhattan gay bar the Stonewall Inn....
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Confident Music for Confident People is a Promising Dance Pop Debut
Dance music is a strange thing: it demands more from the listener than simply an attentive ear… the goal, of course, is to make people move. Producers can aspire to turn this undertaking into something ambitious and cerebral, or they can resign themselves to the silliness and make something straightforward...
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Universities spend £204 million on Premier League tickets and more
Freedom of Information (FoI) requests sent to 54 institutions by The Sun has found that university staff have spent a total of £204 million using corporate credit cards on various luxuries.
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How to encourage non-readers to read
25% of British adults rarely read books for enjoyment, according to research, with some citing a lack of time and a whopping 40% saying they’d just rather do something else. The results, from a 2013 YouGov survey, highlight how many people in society generally don’t value books or reading for...
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SciTech study tips: Maths
Samuel Sheppard reveals everything you need to know before you come to Warwick to study Maths.
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Are heatwaves really that harmful?
Kirstie Shearman investigates the impact of heatwaves on our health, and what we can do to make them more bearable.
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One year on from Charlottesville: the alt-right and dog whistle politics
The relatively unknown city of Charlottesville, Virginia didn’t expect to become the maelstrom of modern Western politics but found itself reluctantly shoved on to the international stage a year ago. American White Nationalist Jason Kessler organised the infamous ‘Unite The Right’ rally to oppose the planned removal of a Confederate...
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