• The Sony Hack

    In November last year, Sony Pictures Entertainment was attacked by a number of very serious hacks, resulting in the leaking of thousands of confidential emails, and personal details such as Social Security Numbers and Passports. The suspected cause of the hack was by North Korea over the film The...
  • Jägerbombs – How many is too many?

    Ah, Jägerbombs – the best way to start a good night out, and often the sure-fire way to end that same night out throwing up into a sink. For many of us, these intoxicating bundles of joy have become the main event of the alcoholic line up we consume...
  • Virtual Reality: The Future is Coming

    Virtual Reality technology involves rendering an immersive 3D computer generated environment that the user can interact with and explore. This is achieved through a head-mounted display and additional sensory experiences can be given to the user through audio and video feeds. The user is allowed to interact with objects...
  • Archaea: Standing Out in the Unseen Majority

    Microbial life can exist across a wide spectrum of conditions – far greater than us rather impressive but limited multicellular vertebrates. Whenever there is any discussion of extra-terrestrial life or evolutionarily biology, someone chips in, in rather a jolly fashion, that extra-terrestrial life is likely to be microbial. We find microbes...
  • Recognising Alan Turing

    The Imitation Game, released last year in cinemas nationwide, tells the story of Alan Turing, played by Benedict Cumberbatch. This month The University of Nottingham is celebrating LGBT History Month with a series of events exploring the culture and history of LGBT people, including a public lecture about Alan...
  • Why are there Parakeets in Croydon?

    Waking up to the familiar sound of dogs barking, doors slamming and traffic on the main road is pretty standard at home in London’s leafy suburb of Shirley, Croydon. Compared to the easily identifiable bird chirps and odd quacks, there is another sound, less familiar to those well rehearsed in...
  • 5 Reasons Why 3D Printing is Awesome

    Developments in 3D printing show us that we have only scratched the surface of its possibilities. Here are 5 recent, groundbreaking developments made with 3D printing which prove how soon, we will be unable to live without it.  1. NASA emailed a spanner to the International Space Station Previously, if...