By Siddharth Jayaprakash, 2nd year law student at Lady Margaret Hall There is a scene in Larry Niven’s Ringworld where the protagonist, having survived for centuries through consumption of a futuristic drug, steps into a teleportation booth in Shanghai and steps out into a similarly-looking New York City, unsure of whether he has travelled at […]
By Alice Rubbra, History Student, Christchurch College CW: sexual violence, violence against women, assault and rape Awareness of sexual assault on university campuses is growing, with cases reaching media outlets worldwide. However, its prevention is far from solved. The work of OxPolicy and different campaign groups provides evidence of the scale of the problem, and […]
By Lena Kainz, MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies After weeks of despondency and uncertainty, Angela Merkel announced in November 2016 that she would re-run for a fourth consecutive tenure as Germany’s national leader. Perhaps she was spurred by her international political favourability. Two days prior to her announcement, former President Barack Obama […]
By Rachel Wheatley, postgraduate student at University College The bumblebee – seemingly innocuous as it is – has recently found itself at the centre of a substantial media hype in the U.S. The ‘rusty-patched’ bumblebee has decreased in population by a staggering 90% in the past 20 years, and as of January the 11th 2017, […]
by Matthew Whearty, Lincoln College The southernmost railway station worldwide lies on the island of Tierra del Fuego, off the southern tip of South America. The trainline connects a small Argentine South Atlantic port with the island’s National Park. Yet this sophisticated network is somewhat of an anomaly within the vast continent, which despite its […]
