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Does Hailey Bieber’s Rhode phone case signal the death of the handbag?
Hailey Bieber’s latest release, a phone case specially designed to fit a lip product, is just the next step in the ever-shrinking bag trend of recent years. Does this signal the handbag’s ultimate demise?
When mistakes matter: The worst laboratory accidents
From millions of pounds of damage to city-wide police cordons, these lab disasters put your workplace accidents into perspective
Vikram and Pagryan hit snooze: India’s moon landing
After a successful moon landing, Vikram and Pagryan roamed the moon’s southern hemisphere until scientists put them to bed. We wonder if they will wake
Sunak Science: Latest cabinet reshuffle
With the creation of a new cabinet position and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, we take a look at how politics influences scientific advancement and the current issues facing UK researchers.
Citizen scientists: How a high school student broke new biological ground
When Indeever Madireddy’s pet goldfish died, he could have flushed him down the toilet. Instead, he carried out a piece of research that broke new scientific ground…
To infinity and beyond: Looking at what’s next for science in 2023
The Mancunion bring you all the Science and Technology news you may have missed in 2022, and what to look forward to in 2023
12 Days of Christmas: Seven Ducks-a-Swimming
Why do ducklings swim behind their mothers? Scientists have the answer, and it turns out, it has more to do with surfing than you think…
New Manchester exhibition explores relationship between science and music
Wondering what science has to do with music? Check out the Science and Industry Museum’s new exhibition ‘Turn It Up: The power of music’ to find out.
Hey Siri, why are you a woman?
As the development of AI technology is rapidly improving, should we be questioning who our voice assistants are narrated by?
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
Not-so-sci-fi: Could science reanimate the dead?
Mary Shelley’s timeless classic has always inspired ideas of bringing back the dead, but with today’s technology are we almost there?
Everyday they’re shuffling: Who’s our new science minister?
The new appointment, and why you should care about it.
Ingenuity Helicopter takes to Mars skies
Mars helicopter takes first flight in a historic achievement for science and makind.
Batteries and bioethics: Is sustainable tech too good to be true?
Every day, artisanal miners – some as young as seven – toil away for hours in hand-dug mining pits in search of cobalt for your phone battery
UoM students targeted in phishing attack
Think you fell victim to the latest student phishing attack? Find out what happened and what you can do about it.