Science Bitches | Issue 3

Posted 2:37pm Sunday 12th March 2017 by Wee Doubt

A placebo is anything that seems to be a “real” medical treatment, but isn’t. It could be a pill, a shot, a spell, a potion; anything a person is told will make them feel better. What all placebos have in common is that they do not contain an active substance that demonstrably Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 13

Posted 2:13pm Sunday 24th May 2015 by Emma Cotton

About 13.8 billion years ago, a small bundle of matter expanded to form the universe. In that single expansion, the stars, the moon, the Earth, oceans, land and life all saw their beginning. The theory of the big bang, which has been pieced together by scientists over nearly a century, explains what Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 12

Posted 2:46pm Sunday 17th May 2015 by Emma Lodes

The Franz Joseph and Fox glaciers are must-sees on a road trip of the South Island. They’re each about 12 kilometres long and unique in that their icy tongues descend through lush rainforest, blue-white enigmas in a green realm. Although Franz Josef Glacier exhibits a natural cycle of advance Read more...