Eve
“I am Eve, a twilight of possibilities”: Celebrate the new year with this sparkling short story about history and identity against a backdrop of fireworks.
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Verity Laycock
New Year’s resolutions: a help or a hindrance?
“The new year is perpetually perceived as a period in which to reinvent yourself”: Josie Lockwood and Holly Downes debate the yearly urge to change our eating habits.
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Desmond Tutu: An extraordinary legacy
Olivia Kemp comments on the life and achievement of Desmond Tutu and what we can all learn from him.
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Octopus farming highlights the tragedy of animal agriculture
New research suggests that octopuses feel pain. Does a proposed UK law do enough to protect sentient beings, including traditional livestock, from unnecessary suffering?
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Expensive Durham events exclude too many students
Liliana Lake argues that the glamorous events many students flock to all year round should be made more accessible to all students
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Is the Academy relevant in 2022?
Freya Williams assesses the role and relevance of the Academy going into 2022.
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Worker ants can be promoted to queens by a single molecule
The research also shows that the molecule, a transcription factor, can be triggered in reverse to demote ants depending on which hormone it is activated by.
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NASA’s DART spacecraft to smash into asteroid in planetary defence system test
Asteroid impacts are unlikely but potentially catastrophic (just ask the dinosaurs). A new NASA mission has been launched to test the technology that could one day save us.
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Review: ‘All Too Well’ short film
“Swift’s direction is astounding and gives this once understated song the iconic treatment it deserves”: Honor Douglas is in awe of the ‘All Too Well’ short film.
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The Flavours of a Winter’s Day
“The rich, cinnamon smell hit my nose at once”. Matthew Ainley sets the scene for a classic winters day, punctuated by the rich and various flavours of Christmas.
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