When it comes to diet, it is easy to dutifully follow recommendations by the government, media, and scientific research. But a closer look reveals the misinformation, ignorance and even corruption…
Connecting to Wi-Fi has always had the potential to leave internet users open to security attacks that could jeopardise the security of sensitive information. Now, new research indicates that the…
When we talk about the problems women encounter in seeking healthcare, we focus almost solely on reproductive rights and contraception. With the US government systematically restricting access to both, this…
It is no secret that an appetite for ‘wellness’ exists in our contemporary social sphere. The pressure to participate in a holistic, toxin-free lifestyle is becoming more and more intense,…
It is an episode that has gone down in media history as disturbing but also strangely funny. Orson Welles’ radio dramatisation of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds was…
The climate crisis has flooded our news and media for some time; and now it is very literally flooding people’s homes. It is an escalating, existential and self-wrought crisis, whose…
Next weekend 140 Edinburgh students will take to the roads and raise money for charity in the annual ‘Race to Paris’. The rules: that they cannot spend any of their…
The adoption of anonymous marking has had a brief but important history in the battle against racial discrimination within UK universities. In 1999, the National Union of Students (NUS) called…
Dairy products are not essential to the human diet
When it comes to diet, it is easy to dutifully follow recommendations by the government, media, and scientific research. But a closer look reveals the misinformation, ignorance and even corruption…
Unprotected wifi networks could be exposed to hacks
Connecting to Wi-Fi has always had the potential to leave internet users open to security attacks that could jeopardise the security of sensitive information. Now, new research indicates that the…
We need to widen the conversation about women’s health
When we talk about the problems women encounter in seeking healthcare, we focus almost solely on reproductive rights and contraception. With the US government systematically restricting access to both, this…
From Conservative Christians to leftist feminists, consumer anxiety is universal
It is no secret that an appetite for ‘wellness’ exists in our contemporary social sphere. The pressure to participate in a holistic, toxin-free lifestyle is becoming more and more intense,…
This Week in History: October 30 1938, Orson Welles’ ‘War of the Worlds’ is broadcast on the radio
It is an episode that has gone down in media history as disturbing but also strangely funny. Orson Welles’ radio dramatisation of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds was…
Tackle climate change by talking conservative
The climate crisis has flooded our news and media for some time; and now it is very literally flooding people’s homes. It is an escalating, existential and self-wrought crisis, whose…
Fundraising for charity can be both enjoyable and beneficial
Next weekend 140 Edinburgh students will take to the roads and raise money for charity in the annual ‘Race to Paris’. The rules: that they cannot spend any of their…
Student Experience Column: Anonymous marking alone won’t stop racial discrimination at university
The adoption of anonymous marking has had a brief but important history in the battle against racial discrimination within UK universities. In 1999, the National Union of Students (NUS) called…