Interview: Stevie Jepson

Posted 2:39pm Sunday 15th September 2013

Now, we all know about Texan abortion laws after Wendy Davis’s famous filibuster, but what’s the situation here in NZ? Well it’s definitely not as bad as states like Texas or Ohio, but the laws are still pretty backwards and [are] hurting women in a different way to the American laws. We have Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 23

Posted 2:39pm Sunday 15th September 2013

We all know that life is beautiful. Total cliché, I know. Flowers are pretty sweet, you can’t help but enjoy a good sunset, and everyone loves butts. You can see all of those things for yourself, though. The microscopic world is just as incredible, only you can’t see it with the naked eye. Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 20

Posted 4:47pm Sunday 18th August 2013

When I was 14, my teacher told my class to look up the origins of melodrama. Every single one of us went straight to Wikipedia and returned to tell her, one by one, that it actually came from the ancient “Poo-Greek.” Bet she got a giggle out of that one. By the time we make it to university, Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 17

Posted 4:45pm Sunday 28th July 2013

“Oh, how nice to see a familiar face!” Maybe that’s something your grandma said, but I’m sure it’s something we’ve all experienced. And it’s a good feeling, right? Unless they’re a dick, of course. Humans just love familiarity. It makes sense, evolution-wise: the people you know tend to be Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 14

Posted 6:05pm Sunday 7th July 2013

Welcome back! Got any second semester resolutions? Totes gonna write up notes after every lecture, go for daily runs, make it to every 8am, not pass out from drinking, spend less on chocolate? How about … be a little more green? I don’t mean stock up on buds, I mean little things like not driving Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 12

Posted 1:24pm Sunday 19th May 2013

FUCK! Shit shit shit. Ow. Just stubbed my toe. I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty clumsy and this happens to me on a regular basis. Swearing is an instinctive reaction to pain, but did you know that it can actually lessen the pain you feel? It’s true – Stephen Fry told me so – and it’s known as Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 10

Posted 4:00pm Sunday 5th May 2013

Oh man, I just walked into a spider-web! Gross! Or fashion? While some runway fashion may look like the model just escaped from Shelob’s giant spider web, scientists are taking that idea a bit further. I’m sure you’ve heard that spider silk is way stronger than steel – the only reason you can Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 07

Posted 5:49pm Sunday 14th April 2013

It just got bloody cold. It’s dark when you wake up. The assignments are piling up. Mid-semesters are looming. Do you have the winter blues? Surprise! It’s a real thing. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression that hits about 6% of people every winter, especially in places with Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 03

Posted 4:23pm Sunday 10th March 2013

“... I’ve just been cutting onions. I’m making a lasagne ... for one ...” As the Flight of the Conchords song goes. But why? Why do onions make you bawl like Mufasa just died, and how can you make it stop? Science, bitches, has the answer. Onions have little packets of enzymes inside each Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 01

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013

Congratulations, you’ve survived O-Week! But this is Dunedin, and the year has only just begun. So for your liver’s sake, I’m going to tell you the most important thing you should know about hangovers. They are not friends with Panadol, and the two should never, ever hang out. When you Read more...