Grief has been described as the price we pay for love, when love is defined as commitment to someone or something over a long lasting period of time. Nadia Georgoula explores the potent physical cost of grieving as a social animal in a socially-distanced era.
Holly Leslie reflects on the origin of this year’s Nobel prize-winning, CRISPR-Cas9 technology, and explores how scientists are beginning to use gene editing approaches on their quest for new medical treatments in hereditary disease.
Can humans ever achieve immortality? Thomas explains why this may be impossible, referring to a small species of non-ageing jellyfish.
Researchers find that motherly grooming, even after being independent, has unprecedented benefits to young chimps for life. Saugat Bolakhe explores the evolutionary advantages maternal love and shares how the ‘alpha male’ is often wrongfully portrayed in human culture.
Regular eye tests offer early, non-invasive detection not just of ophthalmic problems but of a host of general health conditions that are increasing in prevalence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Given this, Siobhan McGeechan asks: why aren’t we prioritising eye care?
Delia Cretu explains how bats’ unique antiviral immunity may be a side story to the evolution of flight
Australia’s natural dangers are not just limited to its animal life – Jennifer Sibbald discusses the plant molecules responsible for a nasty sting.
Annabell discusses the future of COVID-19 by looking at past pandemics and how they may help to predict how much longer the disease will impact our lives.
Pint of Science 2019: The Art of Science
21 Jun, 2019
This week, @WatsonBrick introduces us to the six-legged creatures that are not insects. Fascinating, isn't it? To learn more, visit https://the-gist.org/2021/10/when-is-a-hexapod-not-an-insect/
In our first feature of this term, @sarunele discusses the elusive world of three-dimensional depth perception and whether it can be enhanced by the use of Virtual Reality (VR). To know more, visit https://the-gist.org/2021/10/learning-to-run-before-we-walk-can-virtual-reality-help-recover-stereo-vision/
In our first feature of this term, @sarunele discusses the elusive world of three-dimensional depth perception and whether it can be enhanced by the use of Virtual Reality (VR). To know more, visit https://the-gist.org/2021/10/learning-to-run-before-we-walk-can-virtual-reality-help-recover-stereo-vision/
This week @K8Plate makes us aware of the ever-increasing disparities between Glasgow’s least and most deprived neighbourhoods and the possible antidote for it. To get an idea about how Glasgow has been thriving in the last few years, visit-https://the-gist.org/2021/10/mind-the-gap-glasgows-life-expectancy-divide/
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