How do cyclists’ air bag helmets work? A discreet neck collar that inflates into a head-protecting hood is clearly going...
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Climate change is one of our planet’s biggest threats. Occurring at an ever-increasing rate, there is an urgent need to...
In the last decade, some scientific studies showed that for people suffering from type 2 diabetes, a low-fat plant-based diet can improve glycemic control...
In Inside the Body of a Resilient City, Julia Havens describes the city as “a network of interdependent systems, not...
In the last couple of years, wearable technology has had significant growth. Both start-up companies as well as technological giants...
Fans of Jurassic Park will remember how the roaring dinosaurs shocked us out of our seats and pulled us back...
For humans, deception is a part of everyday life. The word ‘deceive’ has connotations of malevolence, selfishness and strategy -...
Geoffrey lay in a hospital bed; unable to move or speak, and yet was able to understand everything being said...
As mothers everywhere will tell you, labour is definitely no easy feat. Every experience is different, and depending on the...
Light travels extremely fast – in less than a second, it could travel seven times the circumference of the Earth....
In nature, the competition to win a partner can be so intense that it creates both extraordinary beauty and bizarre...
A scytale (rhymes approximately with Italy): a tool used to perform a transposition cipher; the ancient Greeks are said to...
A new study from the Dresden University of Technology in Germany has shown results in favour of the working operation...
Wax model by sculptor Clemente Susini from the Specola museum; Susini was employed by Paolo Mascagni to model his anatomical...
The part of Canada where English and French are both frequently spoken is called 'The Bilingual Belt' Some are born...
Pine trees, Bristol Many of us will take a summer walk through Britain’s woodlands and forests these coming months. From...
Hainan gibbon female with infant As the sun breaks over the rainforests of Hainan Island, the soft, golden glow catches...
Captain Sarah Deal, the first female Marine Corps helicopter pilot, flying a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter “Look, we exist and...
What happens when we send bacteria into space? That’s the question that the team from Project MERCCURI, based in the...
With tablets and smart phones always readily to hand, our post-millennial babies have thrived on rapidly evolving technology, developing into...
Many individuals think of viruses as harmful organisms that invade, infect and even kill. But the reality is very different...
Do I need my appendix? The appendix is a thin tube around four inches long found in the lower right...
The Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College has found that sampling the dark, basaltic plains of our...
Muscle Up! The human record for high jump is 2.45m by Cuban Javier Sotomayor - 1.25 times his height -...
A team at Imperial has discovered a new class of human antibodies against the dengue virus, which could be used...
What are the latest technologies humans are using to change themselves? Cochlear Implants Gene therapy has the potential to improve...
In 1953, Henry Molaison left an operating theatre in Connecticut and became one of neurology’s most renowned case studies: H.M....
Tycho supernova remnant, produced by the explosion of a white dwarf star in our Galaxy The human body consists of...
This year's Alumni Weekend ran alongside the Imperial Festival. Julia Lorke took this as an opportunity to hear from former...
Your eyes meet across a crowded room. You know you are being obvious but you cannot stop staring. When you...
