Silence of the Spiders: An outsider’s guide to spider sex
Jonathan Orgill investigates musical foreplay, bondage, genital mutilation, guarding, hypnotism and cannibalism. Also spiders.
The POST: What is it? Why is it there? And where does it fit in with UK science and politics?
This is Part I of the GIST POST interview series. If you’re interested in learning first-hand about POST’s role in Parliament, the relationship between science and politics, the peer review process, and the importance of young scientists getting involved and making their research count, make sure you read on.
Reverting Colorectal Tumours to Normal Tissue with One Gene
Colorectal cancer leads to nearly 700,000 deaths worldwide each year and is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in developed countries, including the UK. At least 80% of colorectal tumours have an...
Glasgow Science Festival Event: ‘Science Sunday’
The Science Sunday at Glasgow University on the 14th of June was a great way to mark the end of the 2015 Glasgow Science Festival. The event encapsulated everything that the festival aims to...
Shining Light on the Larynx: Light-Operated Muscle Contraction
Nina Divorty investigates how light might be used to treat paralysis.
Stress is Cool
In our first ever documentary, theGIST investigates how researchers at the University of Glasgow are making the science of stress less stressful.
T-VEC Virus Found to be Effective Treatment for Malignant Melanoma
Scientists were able to cure patients of skin cancer with a genetically modified virus, making it the first successful virus-based treatment in a phase three trial. Malignant melanoma is the most dangerous form of...
Glasgow Science Festival Event: ‘The Value of Suffering’
For the first time, Glasgow Science Festival has worked in partnership with the Department of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow to bring us ‘The Value of Suffering’. Suffering is defined as the state...
