Behind birdsong: environment’s influence on language
In this snippet, we peer into the relationship between nature and animal communication.
Glasgow Skeptics: “What Phrenology Teaches Us About Ourselves”
Phrenology is a derided 18th-century pseudoscience; so how does it still have implications in 2019? Kirstin covers the Glasgow Skeptics talk by Professor David Price.
Teching Sex Up a Notch
Sextech is a growing global market; including technology for sex education, sex robots, AI vibrators, and apps which can help to keep sex workers safe. Kirstin investigates the useful, unusual, and the unsettling developments.
Introducing theGIST Junior: British Science Week 2019
Some GISTers attended Gavinburn Primary School as part of British Science Week, resulting in some brilliant Junior articles. Read them here:
The 100,000 Genome Project: are we set to change UK healthcare?
Emma Briggs unravels developments in genome sequencing, and outlines the prospects of ongoing research.
Raising Female Leadership for a Sustainable Future of Our Planet: Mother Nature Needs Her Daughters
Jana presents the Homeward Bound leadership initiative which aims at building a global network of 1000 women in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math & Medicine) to influence policy and decision making as it shapes our planet.
The Fungus and the Frog
Dzachary leaps into the realm of mycology, as he sheds some light on the prevalence of chytridiomycosis infections in amphibians, caused by fungal agents.
