Digital Pills: Big Data or Big Brother?
Newly approved drugs have a built in sensor which reports when it’s been taken. Is this a breakthrough in disease management or overly invasive?
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How to Make a Moon
Scott Jess explores how the moons of Earth and Mars are a relict of the solar system’s violent past.
Ancient Archaeology: How We All Lose from Looting
Do Western art dealers fund terrorism? Well, sort of. The situation of Syrian antiquities looting and trafficking is much more complicated, however.
Press Pause to Begin – TEDx University of Glasgow 2018
This March, theGIST got exclusive access to student-organised TEDxUniversityofGlasgow, held in the University of Glasgow’s Hunter Halls. We listened to the talks, met some attendees, and got interviews with some of the speakers....
TRAPPIST-1: Signs of Habitability
Theodora Varelidi Strati explores the discoveries made in the TRAPPIST-1 solar system and what they mean for the quest to find extraterrestrial life.
Frozen Solid
Cryogenics may involve the study of materials at extremely low temperatures, but is this icy area of science just beginning to heat up? Maisie Keogh finds out…..
LAWless: Should We Ban Killer Robots?
With several countries investing in the development of lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs), many believe that we are in the midst of an artificial intelligence arms race. This technology has the power to transform modern warfare, but should we allow the machines to determine (and attack) their own targets? //And who is really responsible when they pull the trigger?
Mathematical Knots: It’s Not What You’d Expect
Richard Murchie investigates knot theory; how it is at the forefront of research and has great promise amongst many applications.
