TEDxUniversityofGlasgow’s 2019 Conference
The GIST attended the TEDxUniversityofGlasgow’s 2019 Conference: Wrong Way – Go Ahead. Sonya offers a glimpse into the day, covering the astoundingly inspiring talks.
Stratonauts Launch theGIST To New Heights… We Went To Space!
To celebrate the release of our 10th print issue, and it’s theme ‘Competition Vs Collaboration’, we teamed up with Stratonauts for an exciting project. Premiered at our launch party and awards night, watch as we launch...
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.
