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From willow bark to aspirin: The evolution of modern medicine, through the rise and fall of ancient and medieval empires

Isra El HaddadJuly 13, 2024July 13, 2024019 mins

Isra El Haddad reflects on the importance of ancient discoveries to the evolution of modern medicine and treatments.

Olivia AllenApril 21, 2024April 21, 2024019 mins

Olivia Allen discusses the gender inequality experienced by Bell Burnell, notably how her discovery gave her male colleagues a Nobel Prize.

Julia GranatoApril 17, 2024April 19, 2024012 mins

Julia Granato explores the colonial history of many exhibitions in Britain and how a new exhibit at Oxford is trying to acknowledge its past.

Athina MetaxaApril 6, 2024April 6, 2024012 mins

Athina Metaxa explores how the Western psychedelic renaissance can threaten Indigenous communities and initiatives created to mitigate such.

Eloise ElkingtonMarch 9, 2024May 1, 2024010 mins

Eloise Elkington explores the largely disputed origins of COVID-19 and how evidence suggests but not proves a wet market origin.

Molly BleachFebruary 24, 2024May 1, 2024018 mins

Molly Bleach explores how scientific imagination can be a way of explaining data as well as preceding revolutionary findings.

Isabelle Goodall-SummersFebruary 10, 2024March 15, 2024014 mins

Isabelle Goodall-Summers explores the internet’s influence on beauty standards, and its promotion of potentially dangerous procedures.

Doris VidasJanuary 24, 2024March 15, 2024019 mins

Doris Vidas explores how the scientific agricultural revolution has been invaluable in feeding the growing population, but at a cost.

Jiya SoomalJanuary 10, 2024March 15, 2024018 mins

Jiya Soomal explores why a personal connection with nature may be the solution to the biodiversity crisis of the Anthropocene.

Teresa CochraneDecember 15, 2023January 19, 2024017 mins

Teresa Cochrane explores the intimate connection between Indigenous peoples in Australia and the environment using personal experiences.