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Hands Of The People

Soon, voters will choose Scotland’€™s future in the country’€™s independence referendum, but attempts at such direct democracy on smaller scales are still limited. More


Podcast Episode 3

This episode, the team talk about giving the HPV vaccine to boys, 3D printing, patenting genes and much more. More


Talking Smack

Craig McInnes takes a look at what scientists do with their spare time. First up is Sharon Baillie. More



The Plant Case Book: Diatoms

Kirsten Findlay explains her love for diatoms: microscopic, single celled plants. More


Join The GIST

The GIST are looking for anyone enthusiastic about science and technology to help spread the word about science in Glasgow and beyond. Whether you want to write, edit, design, podcast, take photos or have your own ideas, and whatever level of commitment you want to put in, we want to hear from you. More



The certain possibility (or possible certainty) of the Higgs boson’s discovery

Daniel Giovannini talks to three of the physicists working at CERN who have been involved in the hunt for the Higgs Boson. More


Allelopathy: When Plants Attack!

Biochemical warfare used by aliens on the attack sounds like the plot of an apocalyptic sci-fi story. However under the ground there is biochemical warfare occurring, invaders being repelled and defenders being overcome. More


Vanishing weevils

Can the Canterbury knobbled weevil claw its way back from extinction? More


What are you looking at?

Do men and women really view the world so differently? More


Podcast Episode 2

What do you get when you cross cutting-edge science, good old-fashioned conversation and near-lethal levels of wit? The answer, of course, is the next instalment of The GIST’s very own podcast. More