• Impact Climate Monthly: Temperatures Rise

    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...
  • Impact Climate Monthly: Beyond COP 21

    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....
  • Déjà vu Down Under: Australian Open Review

    What was predictable was that Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic would be walking out onto Rod Laver Arena for their respective finals of the 2016 Australian Open. What was less so was that only one of them would leave Australia with the first slam of the year. Djokovic’s obscene...
  • Impact Climate Monthly: Towards COP 21

    As part of a monthly online feature, Impact investigates the latest news, projects and discoveries in the battle against climate change. With COP 21 ( Conference of the Parties  to the Kyoto protocol) in full swing in Paris this week, it is timely to look back at the events which...
  • Impact Climate Monthly: Divestment and Delocation

    As part of a monthly online feature, Impact Science will be investigating the latest news, projects and discoveries in the battle to prevent substantial climate change. Academic institutions are hubs for activism, fostered by their tradition of critical thinking. Nowhere is this more prevalent than at Nottingham, which is...
  • On SABRs and Slams: A Review of the US Open and Davis Cup

    The confetti has long since cleared on the ostentatiously expensive fireworks display, the funds of which could be better spent by the USTA (US Tennis Association) on producing higher quality home-grown talent. One stark fact remains, however: Novak Djokovic is the best male player in the world. The US...
  • Biology of Voting: How Much Freedom Do You Really Have?

    With the final deadline for proxy voting now passed, all that remains in the general election cycle is for the population of the United Kingdom to cast their ballots on May the 7th. Each member of our society with voting eligibility will attempt to rationally determine the foremost candidate...