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Oxford receives £16.5m for psychosis research

Researchers at Oxford University are to lead a research programme into the antipsychotic properties of cannabidiol (CBD). CBD is one of the chemicals found in marijuana but it is distinct...
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How scientists are fixing photosynthesis to combat the coming global food crisis

Edward O'Neill highlights the impending food shortage — and why GM rice is part of the solution

How to make the best Oxford pub crawl route

Utsav Popat applies graph theory to the best of Oxford’s pubs to find—and prove—the quickest, most direct way to get your post-practical pints

Returning British countryside to its roots

Reintroducing wolves, elk, and other lost species will shape Britain for the better, says Ben Anketell

Shedding light on the star of cell biology

Calum Stephenson looks into the role of GFP in the laboratory and highlights its deep-sea origins

Oxford iGEM team goes to Royal Society’s conference

Zoe Catchpole provides a summary of ‘Synthetic biology: does industry get it?’, with the global leaders of the new field speaking on bacterial perfume, directed evolution, and biocomputing

SeXX-based cancer

Elena Zanchini di Castiglionchio on the genetic and hormonal basis of sex differences in cancer

Can we measure free will?

Tracking brain activity has called the essence of free will into question, says Johanne Nedergård

Oxford’s driverless destiny

Josephine Pepper talks to CEO of Oxbotica, Graeme Smith, about the future of autonomous vehicles

The super-societies beneath our feet

Calum Stephenson reveals the secrets of insect life in an excerpt from Bang! Science Magazine, out this week

Putting policy under the microscope

Josephine Pepper talks to Sir Mark Walport, Chief Scientific Advisor for Government and former Director of the Wellcome Trust

The ‘Oxford’ scent: a chemist in perfumery

Ruth Mastenbrœk, entrepreneur, scientist, and former president of the British Society of Perfumers, talks to Annie Yu about her international career in cosmetic science, her inspirations, and having a “good nose”

A scientific justification for ‘man-flu’?

Maddie Hooper on the suggestion that viruses have evolved to hit men harder than women

Quantum physics is invading biology

The time has come to apply the ideas of quantum mechanics to biological mysteries

Matt Ridley on ice ages, bird watching and cultural evolution

Calum Stephenson talks to the Conservative hereditary peer, journalist, economist, and businessman whose science books have been translated into 30 languages and sold over a million copies

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