London in turmoil in 2050: Kate Whittington and Connie Orbach review New Atlantis
Event review
Andy Franzkowiak and New Atlantis
As New Atlantis, the new immersive theatre experience gets ready to launch, Connie Orbach and Neil Stoker interview creative Producer Andy Franzkowiak about working with scientists, and engaging people at a deeper level with important scientific issues.
New Atlantis: interview with artist Kat Austen
Kat Austen, chemist-turned-artist,tells us why she’s drowning little people in her bath in a new science-based immersive theatre experience
Humans and Animals: The Tangled Web of Culture
Arutyun Arutynyan visits the Royal Institution for an exploration of culture; do Chimpanzees have culture? How is our culture affecting us? And where will it lead us?..
Who am I? – Is free will an illusion?
What is consciousness? Who or what is the ‘me’ that I call my ‘self’? And does that ‘self’ control what I do, or is that an illusion?
A Family Affair
A powerful dance-based exploration of Parkinson’s Disease
Rules of Attraction
Charlotte Mykura checks out the first Lates event at the Royal Institution
Science Fiction Friction!
This show at the Royal Institution was a little strange and a little bit good …
Battle of Ideas
The weekend of panel discussions tackled issues like the value of data modelling and the ethics of Big Data …
Ada Lovelace Day Live
The event celebrating women in science was performed by Professors, science communicators and Members of Parliament …
Stellar Photos
When it comes to the story of the universe, Giles Sparrow trusts the only thing that truly seems fitting for such a cosmic story: photographs …
Controlling the mind with light
A talk at the Cheltenham Science festival gave inspiring insight into recent advancements in all things that glow…
Sebastiao Salgado: Genesis
Photographer Sebastião Salgado travelled the world for 8 years capturing precious moments …
Pint of Science
With most of the events across London, Oxford and Cambridge, the ‘Pint of Science’ festival seemed a big success …
Insects versus humans
Who is the bigger pest: humans or insects?! A light-hearted discussion hosted by the Wellcome Trust unpicked the issues…
Africa
The release of a book to accompany David Attenborough’s spectacular television series means the journey into the depths of Africa doesn’t have to end …
Extreme Citizen Science
Citizen participation in science has never been stronger, but what happens when the Cit gets extreme? …
The origin and future of life
A lecture in memory of Hitchhiker’s guide author Douglas Adams is just as comical as the great man himself…
GlaxoSmithKline prize
India Renziehausen saw Professor Adrian Bird present his prize winning work on Rett syndrome at the Royal Society …
Dark matter and Higgs
In his inaugural lecture, Professor Gavin Davies asks if the Higgs Boson discovery has ushered in a ‘decade of enlightenment’? …
The Universe Within
The aim of the talk ‘The Universe Within: A Scientific Adventure’ was, in Neil Shubin’s own words: “to investigate the common history of rocks, planets, and people”. Neil Shubin, author of the titular book …
Asimov’s psychohistory in maths
Could Mathematics hold the key to predicting the future? According to Professor Dan Crisan, possibly yes. During his inaugural lecture at Imperial College Professor Crisan used some complex mathematical formulae to show how a branch of mathematics – stochastic analysis – can be used to understand the link between microscopic and macroscopic events. Using a […]
This Poetry is Madness
Imperial College hosted this evening of top performance poets reciting verse on mental health. Each performer had either suffered mental health problems or been affected by the suffering of someone close …
The Web Lab
Tucked away downstairs in the Science Museum, Chrome Web Lab, an interactive series of exhibits by Google, is a hands-on exposition of the inner workings of the Internet, consisting of five interactive experiments that focus on different aspects of the World Wide Web. Upon arrival, visitors are presented with a personal Lab Tag, while the […]
Pain Less: the future of relief
We have all suffered the unpleasant sensation of pain, whether it’s caused by the intense throbbing of a stubbed toe or through deep emotional anguish. During years training as an elite artistic gymnast, I’ve experienced my fair share – after one awkward vault-landing my joints twanged and my back wailed. For seasons, I battled with […]
A history of dieting
On Wednesday 16th January, Alanna Orpen went to see the historian, writer and broadcaster, Dr. Louise Foxcroft, talk about her research on the history of dieting at the Wellcome Collection. Here she tells us what she learnt… — Lord Byron; acclaimed English poet, influential literary figure and leading personality of the Romantic Period. But the […]
Signs, Symbols, Secrets
The Signs, Symbols, Secrets: an illustrated guide to alchemy exhibition at the Science Museum was born from the discovery last year of one of the 23 legendary Ripley Scrolls in the museum’s archives. These intricately decorated tapestries are named in honour of the alchemist George Ripley, and are thought to be based on a lost […]
Crowds in emergencies
Cosy Science event on the psychology of crowd behaviour: Everyone’s familiar with that classic Dad’s Army quote: “Don’t Panic!” Of course, when the phrase is applied to real-life situations …
Wildlife photos of the year
The Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is currently running at the Natural History Museum. It showcases the very best images of the natural world in an amazing backlit cinematic display. The 100 award winning images on show have been selected from 1000’s of international entries. Winning pictures are chosen above all for […]
Death: A Self-portrait
In spite of all the uncertainties we face through life, the only inescapable and inevitable certainty is that one day our life will end. Understandably, the majority of us are afraid of death, yet it is a natural process in the circle of life. So is it not about time that we made our peace […]