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Still at work: Stephen Hawking
The paper details the core of a paradox Hawking has been working on for 40 years
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?
Worth the weight?
The definition of the kilogram has been updated, but what does this actually mean?
Most are willing to change their consumption habits to tackle climate change
Research from the University of Manchester shows the consumers are willing to change their consumption habits to combat climate change.
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
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
North-South divide in early deaths linked to poverty
Research at the University of Manchester has linked socioeconomic deprivation to the divide in early deaths between the North and South of England
Misogyny in STEM: the evidence and the future
Jacklin Kwan explores how sexism is perpetuated in STEM and results in disparity in gender representation
Memory loss can be slowed with hearing and visual aids
Research from academics at the University of Manchester has linked the treatment of age-related cognitive decline with aiding vision and hearing
“Save the bees”
The conversation around bee populations has lost its nuance, and Jacklin Kwan seeks to address that
Study finds that millennials are the loneliest generation
Nearly half of all millennials feel loneliness ‘often or very often’ according to a BBC Radio 4 study, the largest of its kind to ever have been conducted
Capturing more than just Conservative attention
Dr John Broderick speaks to us about the importance of scientists in policymaking, and advocating for environmental policies at a Conservative conference
Witnessing the first ‘cosmic sonic boom’
Astronomers at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics have detected interstellar gamma ray bursts using indirect methods for the first time.
High death rate of discharged mental patients
A study published by the University reveals the high correlation between an unnatural death rate and being recently discharged from mental patient care
Citizen Can: what you can do for science
What are the best citizen science projects you can do on your computer? Toby James looks at getting involved as an average science enthusiast
Trick or treatment
The placebo effect has been known and studied for decades. This panel discussion dissects placebo in the arts, in research and now it is studied for its implications as a legitimate medicine in the future.
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
From particle physics to techno music
Megan Robinson speaks to Manchester’s own Dr Rob Appleby, a particle physicist at CERN, about getting people engaged in science with all their senses
What you need to know about 2018’s Nobel Prize winners in science
Experts in laser physics, cancer therapy and genetic manipulation of viruses have been rewarded for their respective discoveries in physics, medicine and physiology and chemistry