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Getting the low down on new science through blogs can be enlightening, useful and even fun– but which sites are worth a second look? Joshua Howgego and Louise Brown find out.

The ability of modern genetics to manipulate DNA, the very backbone of life, in order to understand the development and functioning of all living organisms is a capability not to be underestimated. Matt Birtwistle wonders if testing for genetic disorders at birth could do more harm than good.

Researchers in Tokyo have been taking a leaf out of nature’s book in designing transport networks. Anneka Rayne investigates if we really can learn lessons from those most mindless of creatures, slime moulds.

When recently handed a past edition of the Bristol Evening Post, we were surprised to find an article entitled “Students in Bristol seem to have the worst attitudes”.

An evidence-based approach to decision making is the right prescription for the uncertainties we face in the next decade, says Joshua Howgego.

  Throughout the year, Bristol is host to an incredibly wide range of classical music events.

Hilary Smith asks whether film should be classed as easy entertainment or a fine art

The cost of joining sports clubs has rocketed this year with the introduction of a new £30 fee for joining the Athletic Union.

Reaction from sports clubs has ranged from measured acceptance to "shock" at the new fee, which has caused some clubs’ memberships to decline dramatically.

Nearly 20 years after the original, a remake of the musical classic, FAME, steps off the boards and onto the big screen, collaborating all things showbiz with the drama of adolescence. With this latest re-release Kevin Tancharoan attempts to compete with the 1980s American musical film conceived and produced by David De Silva.

When asked for three words to describe the xx’s music, lead singers Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim are confounded. It comes as little surprise that they struggle with this conundrum.