Grace Cutler
- Apr 4
First Successful Pig-Kidney Transplant Transforms Medicine
The first-ever reported use of a gene-edited pig kidney was transplanted into a living individual last week in Massachusetts. The...
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Grace Cutler
- Apr 4
First Successful Pig-Kidney Transplant Transforms Medicine
The first-ever reported use of a gene-edited pig kidney was transplanted into a living individual last week in Massachusetts. The...
Louisa Willan
- Apr 4
‘How to Change Your Mind’ ... About Psychedelics
The 2022 docuseries lives up to its title, How to Change Your Mind. Eye-opening and fascinating, it will be sure to shatter your current...
Hannan Anjarwalla
- Apr 4
'Eggflation' — Climate Change Raises Chocolate Prices
As April rolls in, supermarkets scurry to try and fill shelves with easter chocolate ranging from Creme Eggs to Malteser chocolate...
The Reality of Martian Exploration
Many across this planet dream of walking on other worlds. However, the experience many imagine of bouncing around on low-gravity...
Logan Sibbald
- Apr 4
Will a New Technique to Treat HIV Make the Cut?
Researchers at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands recently reported a new method to directly “cut” the genetic material of...
Louisa Willan
- Mar 21
Red Wine: Elixir of Life?
We are all used to hearing about the negative effects of drinking alcohol: how it damages our liver cells, can increase the risk of...
Hannan Anjarwalla
- Mar 21
How St Andrews Students Tackle Climate Change
“We are the next generation of people that are going to inherit the world and so we need to have a say in what it’s going to be like in...
Logan Sibbald
- Mar 21
Growth Only Hinders Aquaculture
A recent study published in Scientific Reports has revealed that the frequency and magnitude of mass mortality events in populations of...
Grace Cutler
- Mar 21
A Guide to Cloud Gazing
As the winter melts into summer and the overcast skies start to dot with blue, students flock outside to catch a breath of fresh air...
Grace Cutler
- Mar 7
The Fish That Glow
Last December, I visited the New Picture House with some friends to watch the long-awaited Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds...
Logan Sibbald
- Mar 7
A Promising New Pharma-Sea
Since shedding the primordial slime, we humans have turned our backs on the cool waters we once crawled out of. However, recent...
Louisa Willan
- Mar 7
To Brie or Not to Brie
Our favourite cheeses are under threat. Most of us happily devour our cheese without much thought as to how it came to be; oblivious to...
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