By Natalie Hartley On the 28th of January 2025, the first mouse with male same-sex parents survived to adulthood. Previously in 2018, mice pups with same-sex female parents were born. The researchers took embryonic stem cells from a female mouse and edited the gene to remove the maternal imprinting from three parts of the DNA, […]
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Get To Know Ms. Heer!
By Milly Saber It’s time for another teacher interview! On Wednesday 29th January, I interviewed Ms. Heer, the Head of Biology at our school. Read on to find out which song would get Ms. Heer on the dance floor, or who her celebrity crush as a teenager apparently was… “Hi, I’m Ms. Heer, and I’m […]
M23 Rebel Group Target Embassies in Democratic Republic of Congo
By Shriya Patel Current Situation in Goma With little opposition from the Congolese military, heavily armed M23 men entered Goma. Thousands of people fled their houses in fear, as the city swiftly fell into anarchy. While many people are still stranded in conflict-affected areas, hospitals are flooded with casualties from shooting and explosives. The attack […]
Remembering the Holocaust
By Roisin O’Dwyer What is the Holocaust? The Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews and other groups, including people with disabilities, political opponents (communists and trade unionists), the gay community and more during World War II. The main target was the Jewish community, and between 1941 and 1945, […]
Opinion: When Truth becomes Fiction
By Antonia Carter When Mark Zuckerberg’s video announcement ‘More Speech and Fewer Mistakes’ was recently posted on Meta’s website, it represented a major policy shift that for Meta would be removing fact-checking features in the US. The fact-checking would be replaced with community notes which mirrors the social media X where users comment on the […]
Trump Vows to Quit Paris Climate Agreement: What This Means for Global Climate Efforts
By Sumatee Nakarmi President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement has sparked widespread worry and anger. This decision, following his previous announcement in 2017, is significant for international climate initiatives and diplomatic relations. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was approved in December 2015, marking a turning point […]
The TikTok Ban: Should UK Students Be Worried?
By Aneet Kaur Imagine waking up one morning to find TikTok gone. No more dances, memes, study hacks or entertainment. For students, the app is more than a time-passer – it’s a creative outlet and a platform where trends are born. But with recent developments in the US and other countries, TikTok’s future has become […]
Psychology and Hypnosis
By Mary Dai On the 28th of November, Year 12 Psychology students went on a trip to the Emmanuel Centre for a conference on Science & Psychology hosted by EduConference. We were delighted to have 7 different speakers, including the author of our Psychology book: Cara Flanagan. This conference gave us a better insight on […]
COP-29: Exclusive Feature Interview
By Giorgia Carraretto Recently, the COP-29 has left people globally with many questions regarding the future of our planet and sustainable development, especially because of the negative coverage of the organised international meeting. Therefore, I decided to find answers to questions, which would satisfy me and the whole school community. This led me to interview […]
2024 Breaks the Record for Being the Hottest Year
By Mary Dai The UN has officially declared that 2024 beats 2023 for being the hottest year recorded (from 1850 to 2024). According to the C3S (Copernicus Climate Change Service), 2024 has become the first year where the average global temperature has exceeded 1.5 °C above the 1850 to 1900 pre-industrial baseline. The UN Secretary-General, […]