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…..
LAW-less: 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 machines to determine and attack their own targets?
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.
The Hidden World
Fabien Cholet explores what the origin of life on Earth, the inside of your digestive system and climate change all have in common.
Robots, Computers and Hard drives: The age of DNA?
Humanity has a problem with the volume of information we are producing, in the last two years alone we produced more data than we have before in all of human history . From...
