Poppy Fleming discusses HeLa Cells

HeLa Cells   HeLa is an immortal human cell line which is used for scientific research. It is the oldest and most used of its kind, originating from cervical cancer cells taken in 1951 from Henrietta Lacks, who died just eight months after her malignant tumour was removed without her permission, but little did she […]

Mia Taylor explaining Georg Cantor and Infinity

Georg Cantor and Infinity Georg Cantor was a German mathematician who was most famous for the creation of set theory. He was born 3rd March 1845 in Saint Petersburg where he lived until his family moved to Germany in 1856. He studied in Germany and attended the University of Berlin where he studied physics, mathematics […]

Poppy Fleming discusses Human Organs-on-Chips

Organs-on-a-chip   After realising that our current testing methods and clinical trials are no longer a viable way forward due to ethical issues, expensive costs and failing tests, scientists from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University have begun to develop organ chips: a cheaper and more accurate testing method with bright prospects for future trials. […]

Scarlet Todd blogs about Secularism and Society

Secularism and Society Firstly what is secularism? A simple definition of secularism is the separation of state from religion. Meaning the government isn’t religious, remains neutral and doesn’t implement any particular religious practices within institutions or on its people. There is an organisation which promote this ideology called the national secular society. They state on […]

Darcey Sharpe reviews the classic “12 Angry Men”

12 Angry Men – Film Review   12 Angry men is a great film that really keeps the viewer sucked in. The basic story is incredibly simplistic, with practically the entire film, except for the very beginning and the end taking place in one room. However, the film makes great use of that minimalism by […]

Lizzie Clark analyses the importance of accents and dialects

The importance of accents and dialects: How dialects originate and lead to the development of accents   In today’s modern world, there are at least 6000 different languages spoken worldwide. These languages all have their own specific dialects and accents, some of which are more obscure than others. For example, in the United Kingdom, there […]

Sophia Mattera discusses the Moon Landing conspiracy.

What’s the story behind the conspiracy of the Moon landing?   The Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida. The place where, on the 20th of July 1969 at 8:17pm, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and the crew of the Apollo 11  were launched on the groundbreaking mission to become the first humans to touch the Moon. […]