‘Coral IVF’ could help save the Great Barrier Reef
Manpreet Kaur reports on the use of ‘coral IVF’ to repair damage to the Great Barrier Reef.
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Facebook is no longer just a social media platform
Having used Facebook in the past, one thing that strikes me the most is how much of a planet of its own the platform is. Personally, I think what makes Facebook so popular is how it provides everything in one place, be it instant updates on what’s happening in the...
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Bionic mushrooms can generate electricity
Manpreet Kaur explores electricity-generating bionic mushrooms.
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Saving the environment will happen one crisp packet at a time
An individual’s initiative has led to Walkers declaring that people will be able to mail their crisps packets to a recycling company for free from December onwards. It all began with an online petition calling on Walkers and other crisps manufacturers to make their packaging recyclable or ideally non-plastic and...
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How to write the perfect sentence
Every writer has been through the agitation of not being able to write the perfect sentence. The desire to find the ‘right’ opening line, closing paragraph and the adjectives to describe events all have the power to keep even the best of authors up at night. To have experienced this...
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There’s no business like slow business
Nowadays, everything we want, do, or even think about is fast paced. We want a quick search on Google to give us answers. Faster internet connection. The quickest online delivery service. The speediest transportation. Despite this admiration for speed, I am slow. Very slow. I don’t know if this may...
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How reading can benefit other areas of our lives
The only benefit of reading isn’t just feeling prepared to contribute in a seminar or smashing exams, but realising this has not been a day’s work for me. Especially as a science student, the benefits of reading did not become apparent to me through school. Reading fiction has been a...
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How World War II Allied bombing raids ‘shook the edge of space’
Manpreet Kaur explores the impact World War II Allied bombings had on the 'edge of space'.
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The gut really is connected to our brain
Manpreet Kaur reports on research which proves that your gut really is connected to your brain.
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Tunnels in our skulls may help explain how our immune systems work
Manpreet Kaur reports on research which reveals tunnels located in skulls and how these could help our understanding of immune responses.
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AllPoetry: an inclusive platform to improve poetry writing
I started writing poetry during my GCSEs. But the end of my English classes also marked their end because I picked my A levels in science and maths. Poetry, nevertheless, survived in the background in my life. While I still cringe when looking at the lame poetry I wrote in my...
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Breakthrough finding in rechargeable lithium-oxygen batteries
Manpreet Kaur reports on breakthrough research from the University of Waterloo which could pave the way to rechargeable lithium-air batteries.
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Survival of the laziest
Manpreet Kaur reports on a study which suggests that 'survival of the laziest' maybe a better analogy for the history of life.
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