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On Paradigms and Hindsight

By Scarlett Parr-ReidPosted March 2022 Through rose-tinted lenses We may lean into historyLike John Grimshaw's painted ladyTransfixed by streams of oil...

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The Institute of Infection launches its first project, led by Imperial College Master’s Students

By Anjana NairMarch 16th, 2022 Seven Science Communication Master’s students from Imperial College London developed the 'Hidden Histories of Infectious...

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Shackleton’s ship ‘Endurance’ found under Antarctica

By Sofia Hurst11th March, 2022 Endurance, the infamous ship of Antarctic Explorer Ernest Shackelton, was finally found yesterday, a century...

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Events to Watch This Week

What a packed week it is this coming week! The 8th of March is International Women's Day and it seems...

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On Paradigms and Hindsight

By Scarlett Parr-Reid25 February 2022 Through rose-tinted lenses We may lean into historyLike John Grimshaw's painted ladyTransfixed by streams of oil...

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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

By Anjana Nair10th February 2022 The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History is a nonfictional account of what Kolbert calls "the...

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I, Science Radio – The Sounds of Science Communication

This week the radio team host their most special show to date as a whole episode is dedicated to showcase...

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How have historians throughout the ages analyzed periods of time when science was in regression? – Part 1

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair! In 1818, Percy Shelley wrote...

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Winemaking began 1,000 years earlier than we thought

It is an undisputed fact that vast numbers of human beings enjoy wine the planet over. But knowledge of exactly...

Symposium: People Powered Medicine

The Hunterian Museum has a fantastic number of human and non-human anatomical and pathological specimens in innumerable jars for your viewing pleasure that...

Ian Morris: Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels – How Human Values Evolve

The majority of people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good and that violence and wealth...

Lifting the lid: The Royal Society since 1960

The Royal Society may be one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious scientific bodies, but what has it done...

Hamilton, Boole and their Algebras

William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) revolutionized algebra with his discovery of quaternions, a non-commutative algebraic system, as well as his earlier...