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Sunscreen: Beyond the (Skin’s) Surface
Saif Alam ed. Asmara Downey We’re all familiar with sunscreen: that greasy substance we begrudgingly apply in summer because the sun will burn us alive…
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Perfect Pitch or Perfect Practice
Perfect pitch has fascinated me ever since I first discovered it existed. About 0.01% of the population have it – about as rare as finding…
Winter Days
In the winter days the clouds paint the sky a melancholic shade of grey. The falling snow obscures all vision until you cannot even see two feet ahead.
The Colour of ‘A’ – the Science of Synesthesia
What if letters had colours and music had shapes? Discover the science behind synaesthesia and try an interactive at the end.
Top 3 places to visit after a finals week crashout
Surprisingly, going outside is good for you!
A Silhouette and its Shadow
When we examine a moment in time, we can often characterise society by the distinctive silhouette of the people who occupied it.
Eating the Other – Medicine, Mortars, and Egyptian Mummies
mu·mi·a (also mum·mi·a) /ˈməmēə/ noun: A medicinal preparation of powdered human remains, widely prescribed in Europe from the 12th to the 18th century as a panacea for wounds, bruising, and various internal ailments.
How to survive First Year Medicine!
First of all, congratulations for making it into medicine! That was certainly no easy feat so you should all be proud of yourselves!
How disease (literally) shapes our world
The world we see today is undoubtedly a combination of design, engineering and plenty of human ingenuity. However, health has almost always been at the forefront, it has irrefutably played a role in urban development and planning.
What’s in a stereotype?
Are you a matcha/Heytea/Molly-tea-loving, Anki-addicted tutor? Do you like Pop Mart merchandise and studying at the gym? If you answered yes to any of these, my guess would be that you are a UNSW medicine student.