A new scheme has been set up in collaboration with the University to explore possible new learning spaces on campus- including a potential new humanities building.
The project, entitled ‘IF’, is being run by Nomad RDC ltd, a design team who specialise in creating 'people-centred' places.
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For several hundreds of years, the 16th century Rothschild Bronzes have been at the centre of a ‘Renaissance whodunnit’. The pair of sculptures, each depicting a naked man riding a black panther, have been attributed to several artists over the centuries but no definite culprit has ever been decided on. The mystery remained unsolved and the Bronzes slid into relative obscurity. That changed however in February 2015, when a team from Cambridge University proposed that the two Bronzes were in-fact made by Renaissance superstar Michelangelo.
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[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen you first boot up game anthology Rare Replay, the first game you will encounter is the 1983 title Jetpac, originally released on the ZX Spectrum. By today’s standards, the game is very simple. You play as an 8-bit spaceman who has to collect fuel for his rocket ship and shoot...
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Since its launch in 2009, Nasa’s Kepler space telescope has discovered thousands of fascinating and bizarre worlds. These range from a real life Tatooine to enormous gas giants that reach sizes scientists once thought were impossible. However, the recent discovery of Kepler-452b, a world 1400 light years away, is perhaps its most significant finding yet. Excitingly, this is because the mission’s scientists have declared they believe the planet to be the most Earth-like planet ever discovered.
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The concept of cloning a woolly mammoth has been a long, ongoing scientific mission. For several years, scientists have been outlining ways in which we could theoretically ‘de-extinct’ the mammoth.
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After the slow-paced second episode, the third instalment of Telltales’ Game of Thrones series, The Sword in the Darkness, is a rather more exciting affair with thrilling set pieces, intriguing twists and a dramatic cliffhanger. [divider] While the third episode is still very much a set-up for the second half...
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In 2012, Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp announced plans for the Mars One project – an extremely ambitious mission to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars in 2027.
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Criminal lawyer Saul Goodman, of 'Breaking Bad' fame, returns to our screens in the spin-off 'Better Call Saul'. How does it compare to its popular parent? Alex Brock reports
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With Jeremy Clarkson leaving the much-loved motor show, the question of what's next for BBC's Top Gear remains to be answered
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Alexander Brock covers Warwick's annual Climate Forum
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Telltale's latest is not filled with the tragic gloominess Alex Brock hoped for, but it spells tension for Episode 3
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Alex Brock examines the dangers of unrestrained artificial intelligence in the future
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6 Boar writers pick out the games they are most excited for in 2015!
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