2016 – A Pretty Good Year?

That header, the title above, seems strange to type out and read – saying it and hearing myself say it is even stranger. At this point I have to admit even I’m not sure if I’m being sarcastic or not. But was it really that terrible a year? As horrible as we’re all imagining it?…

Conservatism, Racism and Right-wing a result of Low IQ?!

This is an article I came across just now, can’t believe I’d not seen it before, but it definitely made for some interesting reading – especially since these days we seem to have a dramatically higher amount of friction in numerous countries between the right wing and the rest of the political spectrum. For the…

Upgrading your immune system against HIV?

A gene therapy technique developed using mice that ‘upgrades’ the immune system to resist the HIV virus has been successfully trialled in humans. Some people are born with a very rare mutation that protects them from HIV by changing the structure of their immune cells. The therapy involves extracting a sample of HIV patients’ immune…