Category: Features

Science for Society Article Competition 2014

theGIST’s Science for Society Article Competition is finally here! Discussing the role of science and policy each article tackles the subject in a unique way. The top three articles will be presented at the conference, so read them all and vote for your favourite.

Ada Lovelace Day

Baroness Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, now commonly known as Ada Lovelace, because that’s too much of a mouthful, was the daughter of Lord Byron. Ada was a great mathematician and the catalyst...

A dilemma of mammoth proportions

It is a poignant moment in Jurassic Park, isn’t it? Everyone gathered round the dining table hotly debating the ethics of a theme park filled with resurrected dinosaurs, when Jeff Goldblum‘s character, Dr Ian...

theGIST Science for Society conference

Science in policy-making: the role of evidence-based policy in a modern world The science of today’s technologically sophisticated society is central to addressing the challenges and complexities of life in a modern world. Yet...

theGIST @ Explorathon

2500 people arrived at the Glasgow Science Centre to here about the latest European Research as part of Explorathon. theGIST were there to film live videos, record interviews for our podcast and to meet the public.