A “Small” Plastic Waste Problem
From pesticides in your food to government policy, Alastair Davy discusses the issues surrounding microplastics.
Category: Physical Sciences
Should We Be Worried About Artificial Intelligence?
Emily Breen compares the opinions of technology experts on the development of AI.
The Water Innovation Challenge Launch
Water. We all drink it, but how many of us think it? theGIST reports from The Water Innovation Challenge launch party.
Shining Light on the Larynx: Light-Operated Muscle Contraction
Nina Divorty investigates how light might be used to treat paralysis.
Glasgow Science Festival Event: ‘Single-Pixel Camera’
The single-pixel camera – in what way is it a step forward from cameras with millions of pixels? Would you want it in your next smartphone? Scientists from the University of Glasgow’s Optics group...
Glasgow Science Festival Event: ‘In the Footsteps of Eddington: Proving Einstein Right with a Solar Eclipse’
2015 is the International Year of Light, but it is also the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity; a theory that has resolutely stood the test of time and still provides us...
The ‘Coldest Case on Record’: The First Human Murder
Ida Emilie Steinmark takes a close-up look at a broken skull and dives down into the dark, deep human past.
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.
