Science

WHAT WAS THE FIRST VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) HEADSET? At the time of writing this post, Apple has just announced that they are releasing a brand new virtual reality headset called “Apple Vision Pro,” which will be available for an eye-watering $3,499. Pocket change… cries in poor. But Apple isn’t the first to the party. That then […]

IS THE CAPYBARA THE WORLD’S FRIENDLIEST ANIMAL? Most scientists & researches who study the chill capybara would argue that the answer that the capybara is so friendly that even some ‘perceived’ predators don’t really fancy killing them. One fun fact to keep in mind is that the capybara is best friends with the South American

WHY WAS BREAST CANCER KNOWN AS ‘NUN’S DISEASE’? In just the UK alone, around 55,000 women and 370 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, but what exactly has that got to do with ‘nun’s disease’?  A few hundred years ago, there was an Italian doctor by the name of Bernardino Ramazzini who discovered

WHO WAS THE MAN THAT CRACKED THE ENIGMA CODE? Cracking the Enigma machine played a big part in WWII, and it was no doubt thanks to a lot of clever people, but the man often cited with cracking Enigma, is none other than Alan Turing.  Turing, the man responsible for cracking the German’s Enigma machine

WHY DO 65% OF CANCER SURVIVORS EXPERIENCE ‘GHOSTING’ AFTER THEIR DIAGNOSIS? A sad statistic. At a time when most would feel extremely low, it doesn’t help that they’re also experiencing a sense of loneliness from those around them. “In research carried out by us here at War On Cancer 65% of our respondents said that

CAN LSD HELP WITH ANXIETY AND IMPROVE MEMORY? Lysergic acid diethylamide / LSD / acid has been shown in various studies to help with a variety of problems/issues.  LSD is a psychedelic drug that can lead to hallucinations and illusions. “When combined with psychotherapy, psychedelic drugs have shown promise in the treatment of psychiatric conditions

WHAT IS THE ‘GUNSLINGER EFFECT’? It sounds like this shouldn’t be true at all. But who can argue with science, facts, and of course, numbers?! The ‘Gunslinger Effect’ is a psychological theory created by Niels Henrik David Bohr which argues that an intentional movement, will always be slower, than a movement done out of reaction

HOW DID STEM CELLS HELP A PARALYSED MAN WALK AGAIN? Stem cells seem to be making quite the name for themselves, and who wouldn’t be if you could help a paralysed man walk again?! Probably some of the worst news we can receive is being told we can no longer walk again, and that’s exactly

WHY DO NASA HIRE CERTIFIED ‘SNIFFERS’ TO SMELL TOILETS? Space is a funny ol’ thing. As you can imagine, if smell is becoming an issue on a space mission, you can’t exactly open the window to let a nice, fresh breeze filter through the spacecraft. So, NASA have to think about combating the smell given

HOW DO JAPANESE HONEYBEES FIGHT BACK AGAINST MURDER HORNETS? As crazy as it sounds, it’s true. ‘Murder hornets’ are no joke by the way, they can kill humans, and in some regions of Japan kill between 30-50 a year. But ‘murder hornets’ don’t consider us their primary targets, that is reserved for the cute Japanese