I,Science were invited to the V&A this week to get a taste of the exhibition: FOOD: Bigger than the Plate....
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This week on I, Science Radio was all about the science of documentaries. We discussed the effectiveness of documentaries at...
Growing human populations and the nature of our existing agricultural systems means that meeting demand for food will continue to...
Join Professor Brian Cox, the Royal Society Professor of Public Engagement, as he brings together experts on GM food to...
Throughout its brief history, mathematics has been closely linked with measurement and money. In the ancient settlements the rules of...
Feed your curiosity at our daytime discussions. Drop in to hear local scientists in conversation about their latest experiment, life...
With growing prevalence of lifestyle-associated diseases, including obesity, Type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease, there is an urgent need and...
The largest threat to maintaining global food supply is the very act of farming, says a new study published recently in...
What sets humans apart from other animals? Language? Creativity? Some think that the answer is actually memory, and that only...
Extant hominids, which include apes and humans come from a plant eating ancestry. Early hominids lived in a woodland-savannah environment...
I’m surrounded by pictures of my favourite foods: ice creams, biscuits, burgers. But why do I suddenly feel much less...
How does food colour effect taste? How does the snack food industry trick your brain into wanting more? The latest...
Professor Johnathan Rushton is an animal health economist based in Royal Veterinary College London and is interested in food chains...
Bang Goes The Theory (BBC 2) set out to find the truth about all things sugar, and in its quest...
The penguins in Penguins think just like humans. It doesn’t matter where the colony is – the Falklands, Antarctica, Peru...
Imperial Fringe event ‘A Feast for the Sciences’ applied scientific thinking to food, drink, agriculture, medicine and more. Andy Roast...
Food security is a pressing issue with over 1 billion people today suffering from chronic hunger. But the technology and...
On Wednesday 16th January, Alanna Orpen went to see the historian, writer and broadcaster, Dr. Louise Foxcroft, talk about her...
Scientists In the Pub series: I, Science's Andy Roast chats with Imperial researchers about their latest work. In episode...
A Bloody Mary: what more could you want one cold November afternoon? They’re deliciously equipped with tomato juice, a splash...
There has been much media attention recently over the extent of ‘land grabs’ for agriculture, or the ‘foreignisation of space’...
Perhaps it’s the recession but British allotments are flourishing in the most recent revival of the community garden. Increasing numbers...
Following all the arctic antics and farmyard fun on the blog this week I’m sorry to say that today we turn...
The thought of climate change may leave you with a sinking feeling in your stomach, what with rising sea levels...
