We live in an age of “wellness.” This trend has come to permeate nearly all aspects of our lives, particularly the workplace. In this way, many large corporations, eager to demonstrate their altruistic zeal, have made great efforts to ensure the well-being of their employees. The promotion of “active workstations”, such as standing desks and […]
One of the many pitfalls of life that we are all guilty of falling into is maintaining relationships, platonic or otherwise, with people who, on reflection, really fail to bring much into our lives. It is easy for us to trot out the tired old advice that advocates simply cutting ties with these people and […]
The complexity of life and the systems that underpin it have given scientists much to puzzle over and so much remains cloaked in mystery. In our search for understanding it is far too easy for us to classify certain bodily mechanisms as either ‘good’ or ‘bad’. This, however, ignores the many shades of grey that […]
The issue of gender has perhaps never been so contested as it is in today’s society. The ways in which we conceive of gender are increasingly being questioned to reveal many problematic assumptions. An obvious example is the labelling of children’s toys as either strictly for male or female; you would be hard-pressed to come […]
Taking a look back in the history books of this week in 1955, an initially insignificant event took place which ended up serving as a watershed moment in the history of the American civil rights movement. 1950s America was fraught with entrenched racial divisions which took the form of segregation in many places. This was […]
It has long been understood that traumatic events can have a profound and lasting effect on people. Only in recent years, however, has science begun to uncover exactly how these events can impact brain function. In particular, trauma experienced in childhood, during what is perhaps the formative period in a person’s life, often leads to […]
Social media is a ubiquitous feature in our highly technologised society. We normally see websites and applications such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram as an innocuous way to tell other people about what is going on in our lives. Yet, these platforms can also act as highly sophisticated channels through which terrorist organisations can actively […]
The inexorable search for life on Mars has been ramping up in recent weeks. On Monday, two automated probes were launched into space by a Russian Proton rocket, as part of a collaborative effort between the European Space Agency and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). The two spacecraft – the Trace Gas Orbiter and […]