Snapping death worms can hide undetected for years
Good bait comes to worms who wait...
24 July 2018
Author: Zoe Cormier
Second Home: In Conversation with Michael Pollan, June 12 2018
Why the cost of equality is a lot lower than we thought
It has taken 38 years to change two words in the Canadian national anthem – two significant words but why did this cause such outrage?
4 May 2018
The End of Hangovers
Leave it to the Brits to invent a synthetic alcohol that gets you properly pickled and doesn’t make you feel poisoned.
21 December 2017
Documenting the dangerous and the ephemeral
It is unsurprising that drugs that have shaped such vast cultural movements have lately become the focus for a range of documentaries, from the spectacular to the truly awful.
19 December 2017
Polyamory Is More Common Than You Think, But It’s Not for Everyone
"Being in a poly relationship doesn’t always make someone poly at heart."
The fish that change sex
Male to female, female to male, and back and forth. Fish are the sex changing masters of the animal kingdom.
29 November 2017
Hot Digital Shaman: New App Wavepaths Guides Users Through Therapeutic Trips
Brian Eno teamed up with neuroscientist Mendel Kaelen to create an app for therapeutic music – and it ended up expanding both their minds
8 November 2017
The Matthew Herbert Brexit Big Band @ The Barbican
From destroying The Daily Mail to setting Article 50 to music, The Matthew Herbert Brexit Big Band turn referendum blues into a show-stopping extravaganza.
27 October 2017
It’s not a load of crap: turn your urine and faeces into treasure
Don’t wait for astronauts to show us how to recycle bodily waste into useful products. Here’s how you can extract value from your own liquid assets now
25 August 2017
AIF Festival Congress: Cardiff, October 30 2017
We Asked Straight Edge Adults What Kept Them Sober
By most accounts of people I spoke with, the majority of the original punk sXers dropped out in their 30s—but a committed handful are still sober. Here's what keeps them going.
16 August 2017
Millennials’ Sobriety Isn’t What It Seems
They’re avoiding many of the substances that got earlier generations high. But are they better off?
29 June 2017
Being Constantly Aroused is a Living Hell
Complaints are invariably greeted with laughter, not compassion.
16 June 2017
‘Pirate spiders’ make a living by preying on other spiders
While they belong to the group that includes all the orb-weaving spiders, pirate spiders cannot weave webs of their own
14 June 2017
Why I won’t leave London, ever
The country I call home has been hit by two attacks in two weeks, but the funny, brave Brits are reason enough to stay
10 June 2017
Drink Better: Edinburgh 2017
Hauschka explores pianistic possibilities on ‘What If’
Key phrase: “Exploded keyboard.”
11 May 2017
The Creepy, Insane, and Undeniably Romantic World of Cryonics
I went into it a skeptic—and I still don’t think it’ll work. And yet I’m sold.
26 April 2017
Sex, Lies and Brainscans: Edinburgh, April 5 2017
Test Tube to Youtube: Edinburgh, April 1 2017
Tales of the Cocktail: Edinburgh, April 3 2017
Swedish Reviews
What are three-parent babies?
The first baby conceived using a controversial technique has been born in Mexico, but how does it work and are we at the dawn of the GM babies?
27 September 2016
Goteborg Book Fair: Video
‘Chemsex’ Enthusiasts Can’t Do It Without Drugs
Drugs are higher-tech and more available than ever before, so it’s no wonder people are taking them from the dance floor to the bedroom.
17 September 2016
Gothenburg Book Fair: Sept 24 2016
Altered States
Caffeine is the most widely-consumed mood-changing drug in the world, with adult “users” consuming an average of 200mg a day. But could it be causing us harm?
1 August 2016