The Courier Online

2020 breakthroughs: New electronic skin can feel pressure, temperature and pain

by Anna Green• 18th December 2020

Anna Green reflects on one of 2020's significant scientific breakthroughs ...

2020 breakthroughs: Breast cancer screening & AI

by Maud Webster• 15th December 2020

Maud Webster reflects on one of 2020's significant scientific breakthroughs ...

Word of the Week: Hyperborean

by Shreya Dube• 7th December 2020

Shreya Dube spreads the Christmas cheer with a very festive word of the week ...

It’s not looking good for Santa: Arctic melt at almost all-time high at the end of summer 2020

by Polly Stevens• 6th December 2020

Polly Stevens discusses the second-highest levels of summer melt at the end of summer 2020, and the likely implications for Santa and his elves...

Capitalist Stockholm Syndrome and the free period products pushback

by Victoria Osho• 5th December 2020

Scotland has become the first country globally to make period products completely free. While this sounds like an amazing change of legislation, it seems like multiple groups of...

Priti By Name, Ugly by Nature

by Renzo Szkwarok• 5th December 2020

On Wednesday 2nd December, just before Christmas and during a global pandemic, the Home Office intended to deport up to 50 people from the UK on one charted flight bound for...

Why the ‘Christmas Advert’ should not be celebrated

by Kayleigh Fraser• 4th December 2020

The yearly Christmas adverts have managed to ingrain themselves as a cultural British symbol. They mark the end of the year, celebrations of the festive season and the long...