For me, the beginning of 2019 did not inspire resolutions of the academic, social or personal kind. My already-failed goal was to stop swearing this year. Personally, I see resorting to foul language as a sign of weakness rather than strength but I utterly failed at changing the habit. I...
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Manpreet Kaur reports on research from the University of Warwick which reveals iridium could be used as cancer therapy.
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Finding it difficult to leave the bookshop once entered, ending up buying more books than planned and spending too much money on books are some of the slip-ups many bookworms may like to laugh about when discussing with others the adventures of reading. Books never spared me from this either...
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Economics, A Very Short Introduction by Partha Dasgupta discusses Trust in only the second chapter. Given that this book was my first introduction to the field and I did not know what to expect, I believe I may be forgiven for having questioned the worth of naming the entire chapter...
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With the end of another year, one of the things I feel very grateful for is the successful completion of my annual reading challenge. This is my first reading challenge I have finished in the history of my two years and around four months old love for reading. I exceeded...
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Manpreet Kaur reports on the use of ‘coral IVF’ to repair damage to the Great Barrier Reef.
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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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Manpreet Kaur explores electricity-generating bionic mushrooms.
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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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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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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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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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Manpreet Kaur explores the impact World War II Allied bombings had on the 'edge of space'.
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