Glasgow Science Festival Event ‘Vision, Perception & Illusion’
Are we just living in the Matrix? How can you be sure everything you perceive isn’t just a hallucination? Are you actually reading this sentence or merely think you are reading it?
Category: Features
Glasgow Science Festival Event ‘The Perfect Meal’
Put simply, stop reading Yelp! reviews before you hit a new restaurant. Just go.
Reclaiming the Human Future: Energy, Engineering and Ideas of Progress
250 years on from James Watt’s invention of the separate steam condenser, Professor Colin McInnes talks about energy’s past, present and future. Andrew Denman reports.
Glasgow Science Festival Launch Party
Gin, comedy, cake, poetry and live music… it can only be the Glasgow Science Festival 2015 launch party!
The Higgs boson, the origin of mass and the nature of space
Adrian Buzatu talks about the Higgs boson discovery at CERN and what it implies for the origin of mass and the nature of space.
theGIST Science Pub Quiz
This Wednesday, the 27th, theGIST will be hosting another science pub quiz – naturally, it’ll be the place to be.
Synaesthesia: Taste the Rainbow
Skittles™ brand their product “taste the rainbow,” but have you ever wondered what a rainbow tastes like? One way to find out would be to ask a synaesthete.
The S Word: Talking About Suicide
It is estimated that more than 800,000 individuals die globally each year as a result of suicide and for those aged 15-29 years old, suicide is the second leading worldwide cause of death after road traffic accidents
