David Walker takes a look at how neuroscience may explain personal levels of morality.
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Crowdsourcing the Stars
David Walker investigates how enlisting the joint observational powers of amateur astronomers through citizen science projects will help further our knowledge of the universe.
Instagram and eating disorders: a reason to worry?
A recent study has linked Instagram use with increased symptoms of orthorexia nervosa, an eating disorder associated with obsessive healthy eating.
Do We Value Sleep Enough?
Sleep is vital for our bodies to function. Yet as our lives become more hectic, many of us dip in to sleep time for those extra hours. But Ravi Shankar explores why this may not be such a good idea.
The Milky Way could contain at least 100 billion brown dwarfs
A recent study by a team of international researchers has determined that a staggering number of brown dwarfs may be present in our galaxy
The Human Brain: Does size matter?
Researchers at Cornell University may be closer to understanding what came first – bigger brains or larger brain regions that control specific behaviours.
Skeleton in the Closet
Earlier this year a petition on Change.org appeared demanding a sea burial for Charles Byrne, a 7 foot 7 inch man who lived in the eighteenth century, but whose body was snatched from his coffin and displayed as a medical marvel.