Runner-up of the Hilary Term 2020 Schools’ Writing Competition Lucy Fan, Year 10, Surrey ‘Our house is on fire. I am here to say, our house is on fire.’ This is the most famous line uttered by Greta Thunberg- the 16 year old climate change activist who’s acted as the catalyst for so many school…
Runner-up of the Hilary Term 2020 Schools’ Writing Competition Emily Allen, Year 12, Oxfordshire Something as tiny as 40μm surely doesn’t have the power to fix the planet? What if I told you it does. It’s hard to believe but cyanobacteria are mighty, despite being minute. They have photosynthetic abilities unlike other organisms. Residing freely…
by Mahma Hyder, Year 13, Wisbech Grammar School, Norfolk What do you think of when you hear about Islamic hospitals in the middle ages? You may envision a gruesome image of the amputations of limbs, horrific hygiene, and the sight of blood everywhere. In fact, it could not be further from the truth. The Middle…
by Dionne Jeevarajah, Year 13, Norwich High School for Girls, Norfolk Every two seconds someone in America needs a blood transfusion. Blood is such a vital aspect of our bodies and always has been throughout the course of history. It is an essential part of Haematology; used in surgeries, traumatic injuries and cancer treatments to…
by Kitty Joyce, Year 12, Oxford High School, Oxfordshire It is an insignificant day in 1869, and Edward Morley, aged 31, arrives at Western Reserve College to begin teaching. His mission is simple: to instruct the students in experimental technique. However, upon arriving, this seems impossible. The laboratory contains only a lamp, a slide rule,…
by Divya Kartik, Year 12, Guildford High School, Surrey Have you ever had a person in life whom you admire a lot? My interest in Bell Burnell was piqued the instant I saw a lab named after her at my school. A physics enthusiast myself, I looked her up, and what I read filled me…
by Jakub Sypek, Year 12, Peter Symonds College, Hampshire What was the name of the first satellite launched into space? The name of the first dog in orbit? The name of the first man in space? The first woman? These have become household names around the world, and rightfully so, but behind the curtains one…
by Krishna Gowda, Year 11, Merchant Taylors Boys School Crosby, Merseyside Whether interested in science or not, the vast majority of people have heard of Albert Einstein, esteemed physicist, renowned for his four ground-breaking papers. However, in recent years, evidence has emerged that calls into question the belief that Einstein worked alone, after a series…
by Christina Jiang, Year 11, The Blue Coat School, Merseyside A few weeks ago, on October 1st, something pretty strange happened in my house; my parents let us have dinner around the tv! In China, it was the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949, after many years of conflict and…
by Mirela Smolenska, Year 11, Benenden School, Kent When people think of the Theory of Evolution, Charles Darwin is widely accredited as the sole creator of it, especially as the theory is often known as Darwinism. However, little is attention is payed to the co-discoverer: Alfred Russel Wallace. Wallace is also seen as the ‘Father…
