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A history lesson in the web’s largest online resource, Wikipedia

A history lesson in the web’s largest online resource, Wikipedia

A vision for a cyberspace utopia created the world’s most extensive and read-reference information bank, and it’s still standing today
Manchester graphene research: is the military muscling in?

Manchester graphene research: is the military muscling in?

Questions are being asked about some of the organisations helping to fund graphene research
Private money in space

Private money in space

Private companies have opened up space travel by bringing costs down – Wasim Aksar takes a look at those who are going boldly where no one has gone before
A live dissection experience: VIVIT

A live dissection experience: VIVIT

Using the world’s only bespoke semi-synthetic cadaver, VIVIT provide an eerily accurate experience of dissection
First Time: Nathaniel Hall breaks stigma surrounding HIV

First Time: Nathaniel Hall breaks stigma surrounding HIV

Actor and writer Nathaniel Hall talks to Issy Bolitho about his upcoming one-man play that is set to start an honest conversation about being HIV-positive.
Physics Without Frontiers

Physics Without Frontiers

Dr Kate Shaw visit the University to talk about Physics Without Frontiers, an international effort to develop research in disenfranchised countries.
The hangover hustle: you’re losing more of your life to it than you think

The hangover hustle: you’re losing more of your life to it than you think

A new study has revealed how much productivity is lost from British people’s lives thanks to the mornings after the nights before
Review: Clod Ensemble’s ‘Placebo’

Review: Clod Ensemble’s ‘Placebo’

The internationally renowned performance company, Clod Ensemble, blur the boundaries of art and science, and explore the power of the placebo in their latest production
Introducing the MECD

Introducing the MECD

As one of the single largest construction projects undertaken by any UK higher education institution, the Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD) will be the new home of University of Manchester engineering students from four different Schools

Finally free from freshers’ flu?

Also known as the common cold. Why hasn’t science found a cure yet?

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