Trick of the Light
Take a look at your bedside lamp: you might not have noticed but if you’ve been to Ikea recently you are probably looking at a revolutionary white-light LED bulb. The Swedish home-wear giant stopped...
Does Rock Music Make You Happier?
Margaret Laurie explores the benefit of listening to heavy metal music on a regular basis.
Parkinson’s Disease: What Does the Future Hold?
Emma Woodham discusses how transforming the skin cells of Parkinson’s patients into neuronal cells could provide a new avenue to understanding the disease and personalise its treatment.
Weapons of tumour mass destruction: a role for bacteria in the war on cancer
Síle Johnson goes behind enemy lines to investigate the potential of bacteria as an alternative therapy in cancer treatment.
Can Geoengineering Save Us from Climate Change?
Teo Aldea discusses whether clever geoengineering alone can solve the issues posed by climate change.
Meditations on mindfulness: all it’s cracked up to be?
Mindfulness-based therapy – as a more ‘natural’ alternative to drugs – to treat depression or anxiety is very popular at the moment. But how much of the recent zeal for mindfulness is rooted in science, and how much is marketing?
The neuroscience of (not) pulling the trigger
Yulia Revina discusses the neuroscience behind action inhibition and how ‘brain training’ can help.
Clinical Lycanthropy: Where Psychiatry and Mythology Collide
Rebecca Baird explores clinical lycanthropy, an affliction based in mythic tales of old.
