Category: Physical Sciences

The Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) is an enchanting venue, especially when wine and canapés are being served. Although they were a great starting point, the food and drink were not the main event at...

In the first part of a new four-part series on Bitcoin Sean Leavey explains the basics of the much-talked-about crypto-currency:
Bitcoin has recently been creating a storm not only in communities across the web but also in legislative bodies across the world. This crypto-currency is a quasi-anonymous distributed electronic monetary system that ignores national borders, banks and economic doctrines. With those buzzwords well and truly outed, it’s time to understand how it all works.

Sophia Clarke investigates solar flares with a trained and careful eye

This autumn yielded yet another hypothesis on the Mpemba effect; are we closer to an answer? Emilie Steinmark wraps up warm and finds out