
Chinese embassy distributes coronavirus ‘health packages’ to Manchester students
Health packages which included masks, disinfectant wipes and herbal medicine were distributed to members of the society across the city

Manchester students face racist abuse over coronavirus
Students said they had been both physically and verbally targeted as a result of the infection

‘The greater good’: The ethics of animal testing in scientific research
Jacklin Kwan tours the University of Manchester animal research unit in the Stopford Building, and examines the ethical considerations to be made in such a subject matter

Scientists capture the first image of a black hole
Two-hundred scientists have come together to produce the first ever image of a black hole in a landmark moment for astronomers

‘New Space’ comes to Manchester
ManSEDS’ annual Innovation in Space Festival featured Bob Morris, Chair of the Northern Space Consortium, who detailed how the UK space industry has changed recently

Baryons, beakers, and Brexit
Brexit is plagued with uncertainty, and the faster we’re moving towards it, the less we know about the UK’s position as a science powerhouse

Homosexuality and science: the good, the bad, and the ugly
In the wake of LGBT history month, we take a look at how scientific understanding of homosexuality shaped our cultural and political attitudes.

UoM student wins prestigious undergraduate award
We look at Cristian Bodnar’s work in artificial intelligence and machine learning that won him a prestigious award by the Global Undergraduate Summit.

Science research has caused Spice to become such a big problem
The synthetic drug problem across Europe and North America has been created inadvertently by scientific journals’ research

Radio bursts from deep space puzzle astronomers
Astronomers have been left stumped by radio bursts found by a new Canadian radio telescope, which have only ever been observed once before

Will banknotes save the UK’s most endangered species?
Online lender Quick Quid has ‘redesigned’ some UK bank notes with endangered animals on to raise awareness about conservation

UMPO: the people who bought £1,425 of LEGO
The University of Manchester Physics Outreach (UMPO) is a public engagement effort by the School of Physics and Astronomy. It is the largest of its kind in the UK, and aims to communicate scientific principles to the British public as well as to inspire scientific curiosity. We spoke to Meg Kirkman, a representative of UMPO, […]

Re-imagining climate change
Editor Jacklin Kwan looks at the history of how society has come to face an existential environmental threat at the hands of climate change. Could things have been different?

A Scientific Take: is there a place for military funding in scientific research?
Anish Gulati and Jacklin Kwan discuss the effects of military funding in science research, and whether it should have a place in STEM