Category: Life Sciences
Antibiotics and herbicides: Threats behind miracles
Bárbara explores the history of herbicides and antibiotics and discusses the looming threat of resistance.
The antibiotic resistance crisis: Why researchers are going back to the drawing board
Paradise lost? Oliver investigates where our reliance on antibiotics has got us and alternative research approaches for tackling antibiotic resistance.
Oddly vivid: Memorable dreams during lockdown
Aditi investigates the intriguing dynamic of dreams in both the general population and healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lived experience of mental health: Benefit or hindrance?
Lived experience of poor mental health matters for representation, so why do some think otherwise? Michelle Jamieson explains…
Lab-grown meat: A Whopper or a big fact of the future of food?
Holly Kerr looks at the possibility of lab-grown meat to replace traditional farming as a solution to the environmental crisis at steak (expect more puns).
How is measles motivating policy change?
Caitlin explores what has prompted discussions about a change in policy on vaccines and
whether these are likely to be effective.
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it
Ioana looks at past disease outbreaks in history and discusses what lessons we learned from each.
