Camilla Penney - SHHS alumna in STEM
I had the great pleasure of speaking to alumna Camilla Penny. After graduating from SHHS in 2010, Camilla completed MA, MSci degrees in...
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Penelope
- 4 min
Nylon and its place in the fashion revolution
The invention of nylon marked a new era in the fashion industry. The first fully synthetic fibre to be mass-produced, nylon led the way...
Maisie
- 6 min
General Relativity
General Relativity – even the name sounds scary! It is essentially a theory of gravity that was discovered in 1915 by Albert Einstein. It...
Ava
- 3 min
What is in a tear?
Tears raise many questions, the answers to which are very interesting. For example, how does our body receive signals of sadness- or...
Eleanor
- 4 min
Gravitational Waves
In 1609, Galileo applied the recently invented telescope to looking at the stars, and since then, scientists have been looking to the sky...
Talia
- 3 min
Quantum Computing
Quantum computers serve as an alternative tool to replace classical computers. A classical computer performs operations using classical...
Noor
- 2 min
The discovery of the eye
Ibn al-Haytham Ibn al-Haytham, an Arab scientist and mathematician, discovered how we see in the 10-11th Century (Islamic Golden Age)....
Ariadne
- 1 min
The immortal jellyfish
Living things gradually fall apart as they age. This is because at a cellular level, cells stop dividing and functioning normally and...
Katie
- 3 min
The challenge of discovering extraterrestrial life
Since the dawn of time, humans have been entranced by the night sky and the mysteries it withholds. Every advanced culture documented a...
Iris
- 3 min
Ionising radiation: should we be concerned?
All humans experience ionising radiation constantly and it is all around us. Your first time thinking about radiation and its effects...
Sophie
- 4 min
Time's Arrow
"We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented" Christof, The Truman Show. Time exists. Or does it? You have probably...
Alexandra
- 3 min
Artificial intelligence in drug development
From communication to travel, AI has revolutionised so much of what we experience in our daily lives. When many think about AI, they may...
Chiara
- 3 min
Nuclear Fusion
Fusion is seen as the key to the future: its fuels are near exhaustible; it is inarguably safe, unlike its fission counterpart, and it is...
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