Stephen Jackson reports on a new contactless charging device created by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, utilising an antenna that can convert electromagnetic energy into a direct current.
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Not long ago, I ventured into the growth of the online dating market, looking at where the Match Group is heading in terms of its popularity. So, when I learned about a different type of dating app, I couldn’t resist writing up an analysis of it. Tudder is a new...
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With only a quarter of the football season left to go, the race to get promoted to the most lucrative league in the world is heating up. For 2019-2022, revenue from Premier League television broadcasting rights will reach a high of £5.14bn, with competition from streaming services such as Amazon...
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It seems that no sooner has a new series of Endeavour begun than it’s already at its end, but what an end it is. ‘Degüello’ (a bugle call indicating that no quarter will be given, hinting at a big threat) is a very busy episode, that delivers on two series...
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The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) says that students are being “misled” by university rankings due to the faulty Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). In a letter addressed to the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA), RSS – which “promotes statistics, data and evidence for the public good” – states that TEF “is not...
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Aamena Patel tested out some of the most popular brain training apps for a week to see what the hype is about.
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Ghost writing is not a recent phenomenon. A notable example may be Shakespeare. Although no one is sure exactly who wrote the plays published under the name of ‘William Shakespeare’, it has been suggested that Sir Francis Bacon, Edward de Vere, and Christopher Marlowe were worthy candidates for the ghostwriting...
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The possibility of moving back the start time of secondary schools to 10am was recently discussed in parliament after a petition on the subject gained almost 200,000 supporters. The arguments put forward by schoolchildren and parents generally pivot on the idea that teenagers can’t work as well in the morning...
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“I don’t think this is something that will ever go away. From the way you’ve described your life to date, I think this is something that’s going to recur throughout your life. Now I think it is a question of learning how to deal with it.” Those words will always...
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Problematic is a buzzword that often gets thrown around in the current political climate. Books are not exempt from this and the mud-slinging rage which has come to define the state of discourse in 2019. Yet the word is frustratingly (and perhaps somewhat intentionally) vague and undefined: what exactly makes...
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The universities of Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh have published two sets of entry requirements to increase the proportion of incoming students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Edinburgh University law applicants will only need ABBBB while the typical offer is AAAAA. For those applying to study Medicine, the grade boundary has been lowered...
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Sam Savelli shares why he thinks you should consider partaking in Lent this year even if they aren't religious.
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