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Reading into reading week: Does it live up to its name?

Reading into reading week: Does it live up to its name?

How much do we actually get done during reading week? Instead of stressing over how much you’re doing, perhaps it’s time to change its name
Diversity in STEM: Why you should care

Diversity in STEM: Why you should care

Science always answers the question; now it needs to answer why it is full of straight white men
Women in Space: revolutionising the past to pave way for the future

Women in Space: revolutionising the past to pave way for the future

Exploring some of the most important Women in Space from the past.
Bringing women out of the footnotes of science history

Bringing women out of the footnotes of science history

Chloe Tenn highlights some of science history’s most inspiring unsung women to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Women and STEM in the media

Women and STEM in the media

Mhairi Finlayson spoke at this years Women in Media conference about being a woman in STEM and how STEM research can be applied in media
Genetically awake: Insomnia linked to genes

Genetically awake: Insomnia linked to genes

Researchers have linked 57 gene regions to insomnia, revealing new potential target areas for treatment to this increasingly prevalent condition
Baryons, beakers, and Brexit

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
Awe-inspiring women in science and technology

Awe-inspiring women in science and technology

In the wake of International Women’s Day, The Mancunion takes time to recognise the outstanding contributions female scientists have made
One more data revolution should be nipped in the bud

One more data revolution should be nipped in the bud

At the AAAS annual conference, Dr Allen describes the perils of using machine learning to analyse data in experimental science
Crohn’s vs Crohn’s: how infected cells are helping us beat the disease

Crohn’s vs Crohn’s: how infected cells are helping us beat the disease

Researchers have innovated a new cell therapy technique that uses harvested cells from a patient suffering from Crohn’s to treat their condition.
Researchers map Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers map Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchesr from Manchester have been involved in the largest ever map of Alzheimer’s and its impacts on the human brain.
Gravitational waves: round three

Gravitational waves: round three

Euan Hall reviews the latest developments in scientific efforts to understand ripples in space-time.
Research suggests babies can pick out words in speech

Research suggests babies can pick out words in speech

International scientific research collaboration has found evidence revealing that humans are born with the innate skills to pick out words from language
Chinese New Year special: science and the pig

Chinese New Year special: science and the pig

Chinese New Year is right around the corner, and contributor Ella Gerry takes the opportunity to explore the significance of the pig in science research.
New Year’s resolution hack

New Year’s resolution hack

Confidence is they key in hitting your goals in 2019
Science research has caused Spice to become such a big problem

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

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
Testing for cancer with nanoparticles

Testing for cancer with nanoparticles

The research could help with early cancer detection
Still at work: Stephen Hawking

Still at work: Stephen Hawking

The paper details the core of a paradox Hawking has been working on for 40 years
David Attenborough takes the People’s Seat at climate conference

David Attenborough takes the People’s Seat at climate conference

It has been announced that British natural historian Sir David Attenborough will take the first ever ‘People’s Seat’ at this months UN climate conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland