Science and Society Earthquake deaths: the dividing line on fault lines The low death toll and damage from a recent earthquake in Taiwan highlights global inequality in preparing for natural disasters, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Features | Wednesday 13th Mar 2024 Science and Society Projecting the scale of human catastrophe in Gaza
Wednesday 14th Feb 2024 Science and Society Earthquakes and nuclear war: seismology as surveillance Now that testing warheads has literally been forced underground, ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT explain how 'forensic seismology' is used by the British Ministry of Defence to monitor its atomic enemies
Wednesday 31st Jan 2024 Oil sands: a sticky situation New research shows that the total air pollution from oil sands is far greater than official numbers suggest, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Thursday 01st Feb 2024 Science and Society Covert surveillance, blatant coercion ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM HELLEWELL and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT take a look at what it means to live in an algorithmic society
Wednesday 03rd Jan 2024 Science and Society Magma: hot stuff, coming through A better understanding of the movement of magma at plate boundaries could help predict volcanic eruptions more accurately, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Wednesday 20th Dec 2023 Science and Society Bacteria: hunting microscopic giants Reports of gigantic proteins in extremely tiny bacteria raise exciting questions, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Wednesday 22nd Nov 2023 Science and Society Gaza: Universities under attack If there is an international ‘academic community,’ it is now that it must act in defence of our Palestinian colleagues, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
Thursday 09th Nov 2023 Science and Society Smokescreens in science and technology Despite what military technology claims, invisibility remains a matter of perspective, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
Wednesday 25th Oct 2023 Water is a human right The illegal deprivation of water supplies to Gaza is only the latest step in a decades-long water crisis, say SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Wednesday 27th Sep 2023 Science and Society Secrets in science Breakthroughs in machine learning could be used to design new deadly chemicals - how should we respond when scientific information is kept secret in the name of global security, ask ROX MIDDLETON, JOEL HELLEWELL and LIAM SHAW
Wednesday 30th Aug 2023 SCIENCE AND SOCIETY Rivers of destruction New research using satellite images shows that the impact of tropical mining on rivers has increased over recent decades, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
