To earn my place at the University of Leeds I have been asked to complete an assignment on the science and importance of a Nobel Prize discovery. It was daunting at first trying to attempt this piece of work (the three page project brief was enough to make me eyes water) and yet I soon enjoyed picking out my articles, reading them then turning my shorthand attempts into this essay. Happy reading! Black holes have captured the public’s imagination and inspired a wave of Sci-fi science: from Interstellar to Doctor Who, the black hole is deemed as key to human time travel through the warping of space time. Despite seeming fantastical, the 2020 Physics Nobel Prize winners Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez could bring us a step closer to this improbable reality and provides further evidence for Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. As a science geek myself, I’m fascinated by the future of space and having the opportunity to further delve into its discoveries was not one to be missed. Th
David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg Over the past couple of years, our environment has become more sharply into focus: activists like Greta Thunberg and Sir David Attenborough are opening our eyes to the pressures our planet faces. With the US finally re-joining the Paris Climate agreement, prehaps now is the time to revaluate the impact of Climate Change and explore more earnestly the technologies that will change our future. While the biggest changes must come from governments and corporations ( Coco-cola and Nestle are the worst culprits ), we can all still do our bit and an important weapon against this is education. Since the 1980s, fossil fuel companies such as ExxonMobil have fuelled climate change denial which has a big impact on our ability to move green proposals forward. Therefore, it’s critical that we brush up on our climate facts and help our loved ones make positive steps to a cleaner future. The BBC are releasing a new campaign titled ‘Our Planet Matters’ whe