Neuroplasticity - the ability of the brain to form new connections - is one of the enthralling new concepts that make neuroscience the innovative discipline it is today, with auspicious insights always on the horizon. Although the idea of neuroplasticity itself isn't exactly new, having first been applied to behaviour in 1890, the research that...
The defining event of this month, both in the news and in peoples experience, has been a unique World Cup, hosted, controversially, in Qatar. The choice by FIFA to award the event to the "semi-constitutional" monarchy caused uproar at the time and the problems have only become more prevalent. The population has swelled due to the migration of...
'Behind every great man, there's a great woman' goes the phrase, adopted as a slogan by some feminists in the Women's Liberation Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, in recognition of the fact that women have often been denied just that: recognition. While feminism has moved on since the days of 'Second Wave' feminists in the '60s, women still...
In November, Egypt (on behalf of Africa) hosted COP27, the annual 'Conference of the Parties', where they reviewed the agenda from last year's COP26, which agreed on the necessary target of achieving carbon net zero by the mid-21st century. One of the topics being discussed was potential ways to transition towards greener forms of energy...
This piece was produced by student writer Amelie
Note: Readers should be aware that this article analyses, though does not explicitly detail, the events of The Vampire Diaries series, which is rated 15.
If someone were to ask me: 'What advice do you have to help me become a self-learner?', my answer would be simple. I'd say: 'the only advice I can truly offer is either what I've learnt from my own experience, or what I've learned from the advice of experienced people'.
Although this month will likely not be remembered so vividly by history, October has been eventful in so many ways. The tumult surrounding Downing Street has dominated much of current media, and this has meant that news coverage of other, arguably more significant, events has, unfortunately, not been a priority.
The 2000s hit show Gilmore Girls has recently experienced a resurgence in popularity. The return of Y2k fashion trends has created a cultural nostalgia for the noughties, which the Gilmore Girls series, with its pop-culture references, comforting New England setting, and of-the-era music, has seemingly fulfilled. It comes as no shock then, that the...