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Our false sense of security in our immunity

Kayomavua AkpobaroFebruary 4, 2025February 5, 2025015 mins

Kayomavua Akpobaro explores how our immune system declines with age and the evolutionary explanation underlying this.

Isabella BridgmanJanuary 30, 2025January 30, 2025011 mins

Isabella Bridgman explores the rise of consumption, or tuberculosis, and the subsequent effects on pop culture and media in the 19th century.

Jen JiangNovember 18, 2024November 18, 202407 mins

Jen Jiang reports on a new study involving the induction of endosymbiosis to investigate a key step of eukaryotic evolution.

Lauryn FosterOctober 7, 2024October 7, 202406 mins

Lauryn Foster reports on a recent study in nature which highlights just how determined male fruit flies are to have sex.

The Oxford ScientistSeptember 25, 2024September 25, 202408 mins

Julia Chung, the year 10-11 category winner of the Schools Science Competition reflects on predator-prey coevolution.

The Oxford ScientistSeptember 23, 2024September 25, 202408 mins

Year 12-13 winner of the Schools Science Competition, Jaden Lim, reflects on how domestication has been pivotal to the path of evolution.

The Oxford ScientistSeptember 23, 2024September 25, 202408 mins

Overall Schools Science Competition winner, Arushi Vasanad, explores the evolution of humans’ most powerful organ.

Katherine FaulknerAugust 31, 2024August 31, 2024011 mins

Katherine Faulkner reflects on how studies of the past can inform the future of conservation amidst the climate crisis.

Natalie StevensonAugust 31, 2024August 31, 2024012 mins

Natalie Stevenson reports on a new study by Sweetman et al which suggests that polymetallic nodules under the ocean can produce oxygen

Angelina ShcherbakovaAugust 26, 2024August 26, 202408 mins

Angelina Scherbakova reports on the discovery of a new organelle, the nitroplast, which is responsible for nitrogen fixation.