Language Diffusion
Mathematical models from physics can show us how a big language might eradicate a smaller one, Ida Emilie Steinmark finds.
Category: Snippets
Personalised Medicine: Only a Printer Away
The ability to print your own medicine is just around the corner, Alice Turner explores this recent development.
The Viruses in Your DNA
DNA from other organisms can trickle down to our genomes. Should we be worried?
A Brief History of Injecting Frogs with Urine
James Burgon explores the evolution of pregnancy tests – and why a frog is more effective than a mouse.
Prawns: The New Defence against Tropical Disease?
The parasitic tropical disease, schistosomiasis, affects up to 209 million people. But scientists may now have discovered an unusual solution – the giant river prawn.
Curcumin the Wonder Drug: Fact or Fiction?
Sarah Neidler has a closer look at curcumin’s biomedical properties and explains why it may not be suitable as a therapeutic agent – although often called a wonder drug.
Is Your Messy Kitchen Giving You the Munchies?
Chaotic environments such as messy kitchens can cause stress, which can then lead us to over-snack on calorific treats – twice as many cookies according to this study!
What is a Number?
There’s a large range of ways to depict any number, but none of these depictions answers the question: what is the fundamental nature of a number?
