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What a year it has been for discovery! 🚀 From the depths of our own cells to the rotation of black holes in deep space, ...
31/12/2025

What a year it has been for discovery! 🚀 From the depths of our own cells to the rotation of black holes in deep space, 2025 has fostered numerous scientific discoveries. 🧬✨

We’ve rounded up a calendar of the biggest breakthroughs and scientific milestones of the year. Which discovery surprised you the most? Let us know in the comments! 👇

Ever noticed TV static overlaying your vision? 📺✨You’re not imagining it — you could be among the 2% of people in the UK...
29/12/2025

Ever noticed TV static overlaying your vision? 📺✨

You’re not imagining it — you could be among the 2% of people in the UK who experience visual snow, a newly recognised neurological condition where the issue isn’t the eyes… but the brain.

First observed back in 1944, visual snow has puzzled scientists for decades, from snowy vision to strange colour changes, all with perfectly normal eye exams.

Curious about what causes it, how it’s recognised today, and why science is only now catching up? 🧠🔍

👉 Check out the link to read our latest blog post by : https://eusci.org.uk/2025/12/29/ever-see-tv-static-in-your-vision-heres-why/

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24/12/2025

“I find it amazing that humans have built a telescope that allows us to peer so far back in time and that we can see these very nascent phases of the galaxy in such a beautifully festive way.” - Prof Heymans, Scotland’s Astronomer Royal

🌟🎄 Ever seen a galaxy dressed for Christmas? In 2024, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster, 4.3 billion light-years away! Ten star-forming clumps shine like cosmic baubles, and 14 flickering stars twinkle like lights—giving astronomers a rare glimpse of how galaxies like our Milky Way first formed. 🌌🔭

Wishing you wonder and light this holiday season! ✨

Eusci HappyHolidays

Reference: Ghosh, P. (2024). Firefly Sparkle: ‘Christmas’ galaxy reveals how Universe formed. BBC News. [online] 11 Dec. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdr0j7625kzo [Accessed 19 Dec. 2025].

📸 Image credit: NASA/CXC/SAO – Chandra X-ray Observatory
Source: chandra.harvard.edu

ILLUSTRATORS WANTED 🖌️Help us create the next issue of Edinburgh University Science Media magazine and have your work fe...
28/11/2025

ILLUSTRATORS WANTED 🖌️

Help us create the next issue of Edinburgh University Science Media magazine and have your work featured in a scientific student publication! ✨ We’re looking for illustrators, designers and artists to submit entries to have your work featured on the cover of issue 34 of our magazine! 🎨

Deadline for cover submissions: 31.12.2025 🔬

We’re looking forward to seeing your works!

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EUSCI BAKE SALE 🧁🍪Grab a sweet treat outside the Main Library from 10am to 4pm on Friday, to support EuSci- a student-le...
24/11/2025

EUSCI BAKE SALE 🧁🍪

Grab a sweet treat outside the Main Library from 10am to 4pm on Friday, to support EuSci- a student-led science magazine, and chat to us if you're interested in writing, editing, or illustrating for us! 🧪 🧬

The bake sale is to fundraise for our Issue 34 prints, so come along and fuel your study session with some baked goods! 🍩🍰

23/11/2025

🎥 COP Café Recap!

Last Wednesday’s COP Café event was the perfect mix of chill vibes, friendly faces, great coffee, and genuinely thoughtful conversations. ☕🌍💬

Huge thanks to Edinburgh Earth Initiative and fantastic speakers Dr Sian Henley, Dr Iain McNicol, and Anne Marte Bergseng for creating such an open, welcoming space. The breakout chats made it so easy to connect, share ideas, and ask all our questions. 💚

🧬✨ Can low oxygen reprogram your immune system?Whether you're climbing high altitudes 🏔️ or recovering from severe lung ...
18/11/2025

🧬✨ Can low oxygen reprogram your immune system?
Whether you're climbing high altitudes 🏔️ or recovering from severe lung illness 🫁, low blood oxygen may quietly weaken your immune cells—even after levels return to normal.

A new study suggests low oxygen alone can reshape immunity. Curious how oxygen levels can influence immunity at a genetic level?

🔗 Click the link in bio to our latest blog article written by featured writer Dasha Sokol

✨ A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our very first Pints with Scientists! 🍻Special shout-out to our feature...
16/11/2025

✨ A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our very first Pints with Scientists! 🍻
Special shout-out to our featured scientists:

🪲 Per Terje Smiseth , Lecturer in Animal Behaviour, who is currently studying burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides

🪰 Darren Obbard, Professor of Evoluntionary Genetics, whose research is dedicated to Drosophila and their viral pathogens

🦋 And Simon Martin, Royal Society University Research Fellow (Institute of Evolutionary Biology), passionate about Heliconius butterflies

Cheers to an amazing session! 🍺 Stay tuned...more science + pints brewing soon !🧪

🎨 ILLUSTRATORS WANTED! 🖌️Help us create the next issue of magazine and have your artwork featured in a scientific stude...
12/11/2025

🎨 ILLUSTRATORS WANTED! 🖌️

Help us create the next issue of magazine and have your artwork featured in a scientific student publication! ✨

We’re looking for illustrators, designers, and artists to create stunning pieces to accompany our articles — or you can submit your art for our cover competition! 🎨

🗓 Deadlines
• Article signups: 23rd November
• Cover submissions: 31st

🔗 Click the link in our bio and get involved. We can’t wait to see your work! 💫

Social alert! 🍻🧬First of our new series of socials - Pints with Scientists, with the theme this Thursday being ZOOLOGY a...
10/11/2025

Social alert! 🍻🧬

First of our new series of socials - Pints with Scientists, with the theme this Thursday being ZOOLOGY and EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY! In collaboration with BioSoc, join us for an evening with professors from University of Edinburgh, who would love to share their research with you in the form of informal talks, with a pint or two 🍺

📅 Date: Thursday 13th November, 2025
⏰ Time: 6pm onwards
📍 Place: Maggie’s Chamber, The Three Sisters

Whether you want to chat about the science of life, evolution, or anything in between - come along for a drink and a great time! 🦜

On Remembrance Sunday, we commemorate those who lost their lives during WWI and all wars since, and honour members of th...
09/11/2025

On Remembrance Sunday, we commemorate those who lost their lives during WWI and all wars since, and honour members of the University of Edinburgh community who served and contributed to wartime research— from pioneering medical treatments to advances in engineering and radar.🕯️

Red poppy is a symbol of both remembrance and hope for a peaceful future. Wear one on yourself, or put one up on your car today to show support for the Armed Forces community.

📜 EuSci Presents: The Traitors — Science EditionIn the history of science, some stayed faithful to evidence.Others betra...
06/11/2025

📜 EuSci Presents: The Traitors — Science Edition

In the history of science, some stayed faithful to evidence.
Others betrayed truth for power, ideology, or survival.

Faithful. Traitor. Banished. Murdered.
Swipe to uncover who’s who — and how their choices changed the course of science 👉

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