Why a newly permitted insecticide will be bad for bees
We must not overlook the dark side of electric vehicles
Jasmine Staples explains why neonicotinoid usage should be stopped.
Grace Blackshaw explores the environmental and ethical impacts of electric vehicle batteries.
Nick Scott explores the use of computer-assisted proofs in mathematics, and what they might mean for the future of the field
Yan-Yi Lee talks about the reproducibility crisis as well as the recent collective efforts that scientists have shown to address it.
Cambridge Spotlight Series
Tele Agusto explores whether, in our quest to become the dominant species, we have unwittingly undergone the same physiological changes as those which we have tamed.
From everlasting colours to self-cleaning leaves, Rachel Tan explores a variety of amazing plant superpowers and their potential applications.
Priyanka Patel weighs up the advantages and disadvantages of reducing our screen time.
Cambridge Spotlight Series
In the next installment of our Cambridge Spotlight Series, Pip Knight explores Sohini Kar-Narayan’s work on the use of nylon in nanogenerators.
Cambridge Spotlight Series
Anna Papameletiou explains why this rodent is so unique, and what humanity can gain by studying its behaviour.
Michael Nguyen-Kim argues that “there is no inherent reason to succumb to the pro-coding rhetoric that is all too prevalent nowadays.”
Given the strain imposed on us by the 10 week lockdown so far, Niamh Casstles asks why we are so willing to impose drastic restrictions on such globetrotting marine animals as the orca – especially given the fatal consequences.
Quim Baixeras Buye discusses how microbes, ants and primates (amongst others) have learnt to deal with disease and protect themselves from harm using just one vital, evolved trait: altruism.
