The Unknown Genome: A Message Lost in Translation Learning about your genome has been crucial now, more than ever. From population studies to precision diagnostics and experimental therapies, genomics is paving the way for modern medicine. Ground-breaking? Absolutely. Beneficial to us all? Perhaps not as much as we think so. By Nitish Aswani. UCL Science Magazine • Beyond
Why We Need to Destigmatise Psychedelics to Reform Mental Health Systems With our current lack of understanding of psychopharmacological medications, ground-breaking therapies are long overdue. It is up to legislative frameworks to liberate psychedelics, amongst other classed substances, to reform mental health systems. By Anushka Barthwal. UCL Science Magazine • Beyond
Infinitely Paradoxical: How Contradictions Influence Science Today Do we really think we know what we know? Two millennia after Achilles raced the tortoise and our exploration of how paradoxes challenge scientists continues to unravel new understandings of nature. By Daniel Bilsborrow. UCL Science Magazine • Beyond
