How to harness your brain’s underused superpowers
For a large proportion of our lives, our brains seemingly work on autopilot – the many processes the brain controls hum away behind the scenes, helping us to carry out our daily tasks. But in certain ...
9 Aug 35min
How we define intelligent life
What does it mean to be a living organism? What are the driving forces that motivate our thoughts and actions? Are we all simply acting the way we do thanks to the instructions built into our genes an...
6 Aug 28min
Exploring Darwin’s ideas through a queer lens
When Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in the mid-nineteenth century, his theory of evolution by natural selection turned many of the scientific ideas of the day on their heads. The in...
2 Aug 35min
On the frontlines of our fight against dementia
Currently there are around one million people in the UK living with dementia. Despite significant advances in our understanding of the disease over the past several decades an effective cure is yet to...
30 Juli 29min
Why the search for life on Mars is far from over
Way back in 1976, NASA’s Viking landers touched down on Mars to search for potential signs of microbial life that could currently exist on the planet’s surface. Despite the mission making a number of ...
26 Juli 34min
Why rediscovering simple pleasures may be the key to happiness
Every single day of our lives, we’re exposed to a vast multitude of experiences and interactions with the various people, objects and technologies in the wider world that surrounds us. The chances are...
23 Juli 32min
Why human urine may be our most untapped natural resource
While largely viewed as a toxic waste product with no practical use, our urine is actually rich in all manner of valuable nutrients that, with a little effort, can be extracted, recycled and converted...
19 Juli 26min
