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The Exciting Potential of Sensory Substitution
From eyes that see over a million different colours to ears that detect a staggering range of frequencies, the human senses are...
Jul 22, 20236 min read


The Death of Old Age
Here’s a cheery question: what medical condition claims more lives than any other? The answer might surprise you. It’s not cancer, heart...
Feb 28, 20237 min read


Does Science Have a Bias Problem?
How objective are you? Most of us like to think that we always make rational and fact-based decisions, but studies show that we are often...
Jan 16, 20236 min read


Dopamine: The Good, the Bad and the Downright Unhealthy
Do you often find yourself endlessly scrolling your social media feeds for no apparent reason? You may have asked yourself "Why am I...
Nov 24, 20226 min read


Nuclear Power and the Promise of Fusion
For many of us, the concept of nuclear power can sound a bit scary. We hear the word "nuclear" and images of mushroom clouds, Chernobyl...
Oct 30, 20226 min read


Predicting Proteins with AI
Proteins probably don’t weigh too heavily on your mind day to day. It’s ironic, given every single cell in your brain, and the rest of...
Jul 5, 20225 min read


How Tech is Tackling Deforestation
A 2021 study by WWF found an area of forest totalling 43 million hectares – almost double the size of the UK – was wiped out in just 13...
Jun 14, 20224 min read


What is Cloud Seeding?
With temperatures continuing to rise around the world, it’s clear we’ll need to rely on something other than rain dances to fend off...
Nov 13, 20214 min read


The Science of Sad Songs
If you’ve ever felt a lump in your throat listening to a piece of music, you’re far from alone. It’s a strange phenomenon — that the soft...
Jul 17, 20216 min read


The Science of Prediction
Can you believe it’s been more than six months since that nail-biting US presidential election? For many of us “outsiders”, the choice...
May 29, 20216 min read


Futuristic Fun & Games
Remember the good old days of playing board games? So-called 'family fun', sitting inside on a rainy afternoon with your sibling getting...
Aug 15, 20204 min read


What is Moonshot Thinking?
I revisited a Q3 2018 report from StartUp Health around digital health funding earlier this week. It contains insights into the most...
Mar 7, 20206 min read


Machines vs Memory
“You won’t always have a calculator on you, will you?” The lasting words of maths teachers, engrained in the memories of the masses — at...
Dec 7, 20194 min read
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