Luke Norman

As part of a monthly online feature, Impact investigates the latest news, projects and discoveries in the battle against climate change A month on from the optimism of CoP 21 sees reality crashing down. What has become clear in the ever more curious race for the white house, is that...

Monday  29th February 2016 is a day that shouldn’t really exist! Of course, the Universe doesn’t follow our calendar, so the reason behind its existence is not a physical one. Instead, it is an artefact of the irregular way in which we, as a society, measure the passage of time....

Friday the 11th of February marked the dawn of a new era in observational astrophysics as the collision of two black holes, about a billion light years away, created a violent storm in the fabric of space-time that was visually spectacular. The resulting gravitational waves were detected by the...

Sophie Millar reports on current beverage intake trends in teenagers, and the differences in consumption between a disadvantaged school and a private, fee-paying school. Sugar-sweetened beverages and ‘sugar tax’ proposals are the hot topic of the moment, but when was the last time actual intake in teenagers was assessed in...

As part of a monthly online feature, Impact investigates the latest news, projects and discoveries in the battle against climate change. A variety of crises in the run up to the Paris climate conference in December 2015 threatened to overshadow one of the most anticipated climate summits in living memory....