I remember exactly when I read Project Hail Mary. I had picked it up because I liked The Martian, but I didn’t expect to enjoy this one as much as I did. What stayed with me wasn’t just the story, but the science behind it. Astrophage, Tau Ceti, the Eridians… it all…
Pop Culture & Little Delights
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Magneto vs Wolverine: Who Are We Really?
I recently watched all the X-Men movies again, and it took me back to the first time I discovered that world. I think X-Men was actually what introduced me to mutants and superheroes in the first place. The first comic book I clearly remember reading was an X-Men comic, and…
Faces of Healthcare
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What Have You Inherited?
I was on a night shift a few weeks ago. I had actually come in feeling quite refreshed, which doesn’t always happen with night shifts. I had slept well, felt clear in my head, and for once I thought, this might be a decent shift. The department was not too…
Data nobody asked for
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What Drivers Really Look Like on the Motorway: A Small Study No One Asked For
AbstractRoad travel gives a small but interesting view into human feelings. During a motorway journey of about 65 miles, I carried out a simple observation from the passenger seat to look at the faces of nearby drivers. Drivers were grouped by whether they appeared to be men or women, and…
Stories from the Future
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History 101
I did not plan to spend my evening reading old history archives, but the university library makes it easy to wander into centuries you never meant to visit. One record led to another, and before long I was deep inside stories from a time when people were treated differently because…
Stories from the Future
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What If Every Child Was Raised Perfectly? Ava’s First Lesson
I arrived at the Development Wing before the students, as I usually did on observation mornings. The room was already warm, filled with soft light and calm air prepared for newborn care. A few mothers had come in early for routine appointments and were sitting comfortably along the curved wall,…
Cancer Heroes
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Rewriting the story of Cancer
When we talk about cancer, we often talk about the disease itself and the fear it represents. We speak less about the people who quietly spend their entire lives trying to make that fear smaller. This is the story of three such individuals whose lives and work have gently reshaped…
Faces of Healthcare
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The Hidden Illness in the Emergency Room
I am a 48-year-old ER doctor who appears to be losing the joys in medical practice. I am not the excited person I was years before. My heart does not leap with excitement when I see cases I don’t often see. A week ago, a 29 year old woman was…
Research that Matters
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Why We Must Take Colorectal Cancer Seriously
Every so often, a piece of news reminds us how serious cancer still is. We hear that someone has died, and for a moment we are brought face to face with the reality of a disease that continues to take lives across the world. In recent years, we read about…
Your Neighbour's Story
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Shush! There are superhumans among us.
On the evening of January 29th, 2026, I stepped out of the office at Farringdon riding a wave of sky-high relief. I had just sent off reports I’d spent weeks writing for the Audit and Risk Committee, and my brain felt like it had finally been granted parole. Instead of…