Pollution is a significant cause of death in our world today. The total number of diseases caused by pollution were responsible for an estimated nine million premature deaths globally in 2015 alone. This is three times more deaths than from AIDS, TB, and malaria, and a shocking 15 times more...
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As somewhat of a climate action enthusiast, I am often reading about the various factors at play contributing to the biggest challenge we are facing today, climate change. Seeing pictures of the air pollution, stemming from the traffic in Delhi is common in articles discussing this looming crisis. Or pictures...
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After leaving the European Union (EU) earlier this year, arguably with a whimper not a bang, one of the next steps in our drive to become a global Britain is arrangements and deals with the rest of the world which would both literally and metaphorically open Britain to all parts...
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The discussion around intersectionality and social justice in regards to climate change is often focussed, and rightly so, on the ways in which marginalised communities are at a greater risk than the rest of the public. Increasingly, we learn how climate is a gender issue, a class issue, and a race issue,...
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Renowned physicist Richard Feynman once said that the easiest way to analyse any complex chemical compound would be to look at it and see where the atoms are. While this may sound amusing, Chemists from the Warwick Chemistry Department, have been making use of an instrument called Scanning Tunnelling Microscope...
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Manpreet Kaur argues that if a book is based on a true story, both the author and the story itself become much more inspiring in her eyes
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It is unsettling to report that The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently organised a vaccination trial without obtaining informed consent from participants. Instead, they obtained ‘implied’ consent. The world of CRISPR (a technology used to edit genes), data science, and AI are currently getting to grips with ethics and science...
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As with all ‘grey area’ topics, having an opinion on euthanasia is tough. This age-old debate has probably been around since the idea of ‘mercy killing’ first entered people’s minds. Recently, the discussion gained strength amongst doctors in Britain. It sought to identify whether British doctors believe that the RCP should...
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Painful and tragic as the Covid-19 outbreak is, it is certainly going to leave us all with an altered vision of our societies. As the majority of people in the UK follow the government’s advice to stay home, we are naturally seeing a drop in road travel. The coronavirus pandemic has brought...
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Ever since the lockdown was imposed in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, it seems like things have just frozen. This tragedy is not just limited to all the bad that is currently occurring on the planet. It also extends to all the good the world was planning to do...
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Career anxiety and stress about the future is fairly common among students. Manpreet Kaur shares how she managed to combat her career anxiety.
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When you care a great deal about climate change, it's baffling that people seem unbothered by it. Manpreet Kaur explains why some people are less concerned.
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Manpreet Kaur reports on the phsyical health effects caused by domestic abuse
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