Science & Technology Editor and Secretary of The Student,
4th year Environmental Geoscience student.
Content Warning: Domestic Abuse Last week, Casey Affleck won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Manchester by the Sea. This win was marred with controversy, due to allegations of sexual harassment that have previously been made against Affleck. After handing him the award, Brie Larson refused to clap for Affleck; Larson […]
In 2014 eight per cent of students at The University of Edinburgh sought student counselling. This was a 75 per cent increase in three years – the highest seen by any of the Russell Group Universities. This coincided with the decision to increase tuition fees to £9,000 a year. Clearly, the increasing financial strain of […]
It has been recently discovered that there are four different species of giraffe. This comes as a surprise to scientists, as it has been long thought that there was just one species. Within this one species, it was previously accepted that there were nine sub-species. DNA taken from 190 giraffes across these sub-species has been […]
Trainspotting is located in the Assembly Underground; the set resembles a derelict warehouse with graffiti covering the walls. Upon entrance, each audience member is given a glow stick and you are placed on the floor, a metre away from the main cast engaging in the throws of a very realistic rave. The energy of the […]
Samuel Kellerhals and Alexandros Angelopoulos are two second year students studying Environmental & Ecological Sciences with Management at the University of Edinburgh. They have recently created Elpis: a project that aims to provide free electricity for refugees through the use of solar-power using a completely non profit method. They plan to put their model in […]
Two archaeological discoveries have been made, shedding further light on the evolution of both the Tyrannosaurus Rex and living birds. Additionally, a study published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed the discovery of a completely new species of dinosaur. The horse-sized tyrannosaur has been named Timurlengia euotica and lived around 90 […]
In the UK alone, there are over 53 million prescriptions for anti-depressants given out every year by the NHS. This medication is used to treat anxiety or depression. It is commonly acknowledged that possessing non-clinical anxiety detrimentally affects health. The scientific community suggested that cortisol – a stress hormone – was produced as a result […]