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Olivia Dean makes a gorgeous comeback with new single ‘Danger’

Olivia Dean’s latest single ‘Danger’ is a beautifully crafted homage to the simultaneous risk and liberation of falling in love with someone who might be just right for you. Her smooth, clean vocals possess a timeless quality which undoubtedly confirm her as one of the UK’s most thrilling voices.  The 23-year-old hailing from East London […]

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Science

Anatomy: A Matter of Life and Death

Anatomy: A Matter of Death and Life is a must-see this autumn. From charms to life masks, this exhibition explores the relationship between science and art through the history of dissection.Renaissance artists like Leonardo da Vinci would often use people as the subject matter of their artworks, because in order to depict a realistic presentation […]

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Science

There Be Dragons at Inspace

Hidden in plain sight in the Bayes Centre, the Inspace Gallery is host to the exhibition There Be Dragons. It brings together five artworks from stand-alone artists and several in collaboration to ‘navigate the uncharted data territories of creative practice’ by examining narratives around data through creative practice and how data can be used within […]

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Science

Sustainable Space?

A recently published roadmap aims to ensure that the Scottish Space Sector works sustainably. But is the plan everything it’s cracked up to be? A roadmap has been published that lays out plans for the space sector in Scotland to pivot to a more sustainable strategy in the coming years. Among their 10 key findings […]

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Science

Healthcare Inequalities Worsened by Migration

Doctors and healthcare professionals are essential in ensuring that communities have sufficient access to medical treatment and care. Mohammed Abdullahi’s doctoral research into factors affecting migration and return migration of Nigerian medical doctors working in the UK shines a light on the significance of immigrant doctors and healthcare workers in the UK, as well as […]

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Science Technology

Social media companies hold power to stop misinformation

“FAKE NEWS” has been shouted louder than almost anything else over the last few years. Coming to the forefront with the wild accusations of Donald Trump, fake news has stayed an issue in the Covid-19 pandemic, continuing to support dangerous behaviour. Current efforts to mitigate the spread of misinformation rely on readers fact checking articles, […]

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Health Science

Retractions and Covid-19: a look into bad science

Every once in a while, we are reminded of the wisdom in ancient tales. During the current pandemic, we are specifically reminded of one of the most famous tales of Aesop’s fables, the “tortoise and the hare”, which gave rise to the famous idiom “slow and steady wins the race”. The metaphorical race, in this […]

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Linguistics Science

Shifting linguistics: how we mimic those around us

Have you ever been on holiday, or been with a group of friends, or at a new workplace, and found that your accent or way of speaking has changed? Maybe you’ve started using slang terms you’d never even heard of before, or the initial words that come to your mind are something different than the […]