Inga Becker Hansen

Nottingham is already classed as one of the UK’s most sustainable universities, with a clear aim to do more to help the environment. This institutionalised aim for change, together with the student population’s supposedly supportive attitude, could lead to a powerful contribution towards environmental protection. But what is actually...

Why Mars?… On our planet, where there is water, there is life. There is plenty of evidence that liquid water once flowed on Mars. Landforms that could be due to water eroding the landscape are visible, and multiple landers have detected minerals on the surface which usually form in...

BBC One’s latest five-part nature series, Dynasty, has graced our screens with new footage of some of the world’s most amazing creatures and landscapes. The series, which is narrated by the beloved national treasure that is Sir David Attenborough, began on November 11th, and follows a wide range of...

In recent years there has been a huge focus on space exploration and eventual habitation, but should we focus on leaving our planet, or commit ourselves to saving it? It may sound futuristic, but colonising Mars is an idea that has been around for decades. Elon Musk isn’t the...

The Bank of England announced that they are redesigning the £50 note, and have asked the British public for which scientist they think should take pride of place on the new print. Here’s who I think is worthy! In the past few years our notes have changed design in...

Every year, as December 1st draws closer, we watch as various brands and stores battle it out with their Christmas adverts. Perhaps surprisingly, it was Iceland’s which was banned from broadcast this year, for being ‘too political’. Is this the case, and what does it say about advertising? The...

Rates of depression and anxiety among young people and teenagers have increased by 70% over the past twenty-five years. As of recent, there has been speculation and poor understanding as to what causes depression and for some, it has been found that medicines do not help, even when trying...