I’m a big fan of the brain. The three books I most recently read were about the brain (no, really)....
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I have friends whose idea of heaven - and mine of hell - is Power Ballad Night at the Electric...
Book review Edited by Sam Parc (foreword by Dara Ó Briain) Oxford University Press In mathematics anything is possible, even...
You may have heard that gender inequalities are a natural part of the human condition. Once you understand the science...
Do animals have culture? Can we see evidence of tradition in their lifestyle? If so, how has this benefited them?...
What is consciousness? Who or what is the 'me' that I call my 'self'? And does that 'self' control what...
Parkin'Son at The Place, 24 November 2014 Two men - one mid-60s, one mid-30s - on stage for an hour....
From phonology to physics and James Bond to jetpacks, no science-themed pebble was left unturned at the Science Showoff on...
In a side street gallery off Brick Lane this Thursday evening, artists and scientists came together to present to a...
Entering the lavish Victorian grandeur of the Brighton Aquarium, I am ushered towards a gathering throng inside the main exhibition...
The offer of an evening let loose in the Science Museum, free of the chaos of young children is always...
For the first time in history, this 24th October 2014 the Royal Institution (Ri) opened its doors for an adults-only...
Dr Peter Hotez ASM Press As Dr Peter Hotez notes in the second edition of Forgotten People Forgotten Diseases, thanks...
Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen Ebury Press Terry Pratchett once again teams up with mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist...
Robin R. Murphy MIT Press Robots are becoming an integral part of managing global calamities as they can be sent...
As part of London Technology Week, Imperial’s Data Science team invited Dr Sean Hill to discuss his work on the...
This review was published in the Reviews section of the Super Science issue (issue 28), as a prominent event review...
By Daniel Pick Oxford University Press ‘The Pursuit of the Nazi Mind’ looks at the position of psychoanalysts during the...
I’m imagining what it would be like to be stuck in here for eight months, hurtling relentlessly into the darkness,...
One would instinctively expect the Royal Society to be in favour of a mathematical education – yet this was not...
My PhD is funded by the taxpayer. Whilst I’m of course hugely grateful for this, I often have to wonder...
What do mini-buses in Mozambique, medical crutches, scientific animations, urban gardens, and zero waste areas in London have in common?...
The controversial topic of cannabis has occupied the headlines recently, as a wave of legalisation sweeps through the US. The...
The saiga antelope is one of the most threatened species on the planet. I came across them for the first...
It may have been four years ago, but the swine flu pandemic of 2009/10 is still fresh in our minds....
As part of the Imperial Festival, Neil Bowdler from the BBC teamed up with Imperial’s Professor William Pike and Professor...
This isn’t just another way of imagining what future technologies can do for us. There are no promises that we’ll use...
On what was quite possibly a beautiful Easter bank holiday, thousands of medicine enthusiasts flocked to the Royal Albert Hall....
Arts Experiment 2.0 was full of fun, thrills and variety; from fire jugglers to bagpipers, but slightly lacking in actual...
The Royal Institution’s second Science-Fiction-Friction! show, a live comedy show about science fiction and science fact, was a little bit...
