Rosalind Franklin solved the structure of DNA, Marie Curie pioneered research on radioactivity, and Lise Meitner was a key player in the discovery of nuclear fission. If like me, you were a STEMinite and took science A-levels, you were exposed to the groundbreaking accomplishments these women made – and when...
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Frontline science is ever changing. Every week, you can tune into the BBC’s science section and see how a lab has ‘developed’ a new cure for cancer, or we hear about a novel invention of forms of green energy pledged to revolutionise how we power the world. Amid all these...
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STEM, often hailed as the hub for innovation and progress, paradoxically mirrors a bleak socio-economic divide. Since records began, those available to participate in STEM-based practices have been significantly skewed towards the wealthy. Although progress has been made since the mid-20th century, the platform is by no means even. To...
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Modern AI is a constantly evolving, data-based, form of intelligence that, with the development of human like characteristics and hitherto unseen precision, has taken the professional world by storm. However, as modern AIs scan arrays of research and data with breathtaking speed, the question arises of whether such a vast...
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