Plastic for dinner? Seabirds that eat plastic
Roselle Smith explores the harm plastic waste causes to seabirds and explains their difficulty in distinguishing plastic from food.
Autonomic for The People
Does our love for sci-fi and convenience mean we’re headed for a future of robot domination? Audrey discusses our human-robot interaction, our love of robotic sidekicks and innovations in robot technology.
Embryo Gene Editing: Changing Life As We Know It
Sonya explores the field of embryo gene editing which
recently entered unexplored territory with a scientist’s
claim of creating the world’s first genetically edited babies.
Exploiting the Ecological Arms Race
Liam Rooney and Rebecca McHugh discuss the lesser known side of microbial co-operation and competition and how we can exploit this for our own benefit.
No ‘I’ in Molecule: the Chemical Teamwork behind the Origin of Life
Somewhere on Earth, about 4 billion years ago, the first terrestrial life began to develop – probably from a complicated soup of simple molecules. But how did the transition from basic building blocks to the complex biopolymers in living organisms occur?
The changing face of research: from competition to collaboration
Academia is stereotyped as a boxing ring, with researchers in constant competition; is this competition sometimes beneficial in driving innovation? Or should we shift toward a more collaborative environment to further scientific discovery?
Discovery of the double helix – the unknown competition
Caitlin investigates the controversial discovery of the DNA structure. What were the techniques used and were the correct people honoured for the discovery?
The race to the stars
How the thrust of competition accelerated the expansion of the space industry and landed it where we are now – in the era of international collaboration.
