Growing human populations and the nature of our existing agricultural systems means that meeting demand for food will continue to...
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Following on from the great feedback we received for using reader artwork in previous issues, our Pictures Editor, Taryn Kalish, reached...
Few things are certain in life, but lots of things are certain in geology. We know that earthquakes will shake,...
In the Himalayas sandwiched between China and India there is a tiny country of around 800,000 people. You may never...
Contemporary historians and anthropologists have adopted a different approach to answer the question. In fairness, today we have many more...
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair! In 1818, Percy Shelley wrote...
The Against Method Collective has put posters and manifestos up around campus, leafletted university buildings, and generated a slew of...
It might not seem like a top priority when you have deadlines piling up and the shadowy figure of exams...
Have you ever dreamt about being immortal? The desire of humankind to become eternal has been observed for centuries. Not...
Following on from the great feedback we received for using reader artwork in previous issues, our Pictures Editor, Taryn Kalish, reached...
Overshadowed by the remains of dinosaurs and hominids, the Cambrian period fossils tell the story of a revolution in evolution...
The global energy landscape is changing dramatically and people are realising that our reliance on fossil fuels cannot last forever....
Space has been designated as mankind’s province for all of civilisation. Many of our noblest and most technologically astounding pursuits...
Ever since the enlightenment, humanity’s scientific progress has marched steadily forward. Famine, plague and two world wars have failed to...
Thursday, 1st February 2018 didn’t come soon enough for some who took up the challenge of not drinking alcohol throughout...
Science made headlines constantly in 2017, from the first report of a genetically modified human embryo to vast improvements in...
We’ve all seen footage of sea birds with six-pack rings around their necks; of dolphins caught in discarded fishing nets;...
Black Mirror returned to our screens this Christmas with a new season of six episodes eager to script our nightmares...
Buzz Aldrin, formerly Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr, was born on 20 January 1930. This month the engineer, fighter pilot, and...
One area that has recently brought about a lot of media attention is brain injury from sport, particularly the types...
Science depends on international collaboration to prosper. This statement may not surprise you, but it was only in October of...
Finding extra-terrestrial life on our nearest neighbour would be celebrated as one of the most important events of the last...
I am a millennial. I have been since birth. As such, at the moment I received an email from the...
Although we’re now searching for extraterrestrial life in other galaxies, there was once a time when we couldn’t even imagine...
As Issue 38 of I, Science comes out Tuesday December 5th, get a cheeky flavour of Success in this special...
Developments in science and technology continue to change the way individuals improve their overall health and wellness. From apps that can track...
It is an undisputed fact that vast numbers of human beings enjoy wine the planet over. But knowledge of exactly...
More than 20 years after his death, the American geochemist Clair Patterson is known for two achievements that would each...
In a world where science is used to make most of the decisions about our lives, we still have an...
Technology and health have been entwined throughout human history — discoveries in one lead to developments in the other. Now with...