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Left to right: Brandon Blackwell, Conor McMeel, Richard Brooks, Caleb Rich (team captain), and reserve Jonghyeon Lee. On Monday 20th...
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You may have heard of the adage ‘knowledge is power’. But with technophobia, vaccine hesitancy, and climate change denial sweeping our society, is this...
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Termite mounds are an essential part of an ecosystem, as they recycle water and nutrients. As I waded through the...
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It’s impossible to understate the importance of antibiotics. They’ve made many once fatal bacterial infections easily treatable, and procedures such...
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Content Warning: Please note this article contains discussions about mental health. While we take every care to ensure accuracy within...
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From the 1970s to 1980s, an unknown serial rapist and killer roamed the streets of Sacramento, killing at least 13...
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The new I, Science is here! All about energy, from energy crises to mental health Read the new issue HERE!
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I had a chat with Isabelle Coales, a third year PhD student at Imperial College London (ICL). Her work uses...
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Why Dame Sally Davies’ suggestions won’t satiate our public health crisis Amongst the political drama of Brexit, a barely functioning...
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Since the second generation of solar panels were designed seven years ago, the energy efficiency has risen from 16.7% to...
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Step aside Brexit, let me introduce you to your new worst nightmare: Fusarium xylarioides. No, I didn’t just sneeze. Fusarium...
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As fresh-faced students on the Science Communication MSc here at Imperial College, last October we were instructed to go forth...
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H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient- reads a headline in the New York Times. The article reports on...
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The Sun rose, a rover died, and the world wept. On February 13th, NASA announced that the Mars rover,...
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A biological battery Strolling along the Italian city of Como’s picturesque lakefront, you may eventually come across the Tempio...
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Following on from the great feedback we received for using reader artwork in previous issues, our Pictures Editor, Céleste Nilges, reached...
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History often develops into myth. And the history of science is not strange to that phenomenon. Many of the individuals...
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Since the introduction of vaccination programmes, vaccines have prevented millions of deaths from infectious diseases and have thereby earned their...
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The discovery of the first antibiotic is widely credited to Sir Alexander Fleming and providential scientific serendipity. As the legend...
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A wealth of research is being carried out across the UK on the impact grammar schools have on young people....
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Ivan Oransky, Distinguished Writer In Residence at New York University, co-founded the popular blog Retraction Watch, which reports on and...
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Arriving with the same luminous flash and soundless thunder, TK4 promptly gathered himself with a burning sense of purpose and...
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Into the vacuum of white light and silence rushed shape and sound once more. TK2 was immediately conscious of the...
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In this short story, travel in time with the Truth Keepers as they carry out their mission to right the...
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Growing human populations and the nature of our existing agricultural systems means that meeting demand for food will continue to...
Following on from the great feedback we received for using reader artwork in previous issues, our Pictures Editor, Taryn Kalish, reached...
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Few things are certain in life, but lots of things are certain in geology. We know that earthquakes will shake,...
