Engineering Limpets
New research at Queen Mary has found that limpet teeth are extremely strong and resemble structures we use for building aircraft parts. Limpets use these impressive teeth to scrape their food source, algae, from tough rock surfaces. The teeth are [...]
Hearing is better than seeing when it comes to believing
This week we’ve heard about a world record-breaking long hug, now London Student can tell you all about the world’s smallest ears, and the scientist who discovered them using only a loudspeaker, a digital camera and some gold. This bizarre [...]
Science of…Religion
Before we delve into the science of religion, we have to ask ourselves three basic questions: why do people believe in religion? Why do people disbelieve religious claims? What is the relationship between science and religion? Due to the rise in scepticism, the floodgates [...]
I’m not SAD, I’m just misunderstood!
“I feel like a vampire. I don’t even want to see the sun anymore because it isn’t the same sun of the spring and summer. Fall and winter to me represent the death of everything pretty in the world. Spring [...]
Review – The Story of Astronomy by Peter Aughton
It was with a layman’s knowledge that I read Peter Aughton’s The Story of Astronomy: a book that summarises man’s study of the stars, and the evolution of our understanding of them.Certainly, the topic is interesting. The book is, however, [...]
Friends who yawn together, stay together
Winter break has ended. For the sleep deprived and listless among us, settling into the soft linings of our hoodies and trying to hibernate through a large majority of the beginning of second term, you’ll be pleased to know that yawning [...]
60 seconds with… Max Pemberton
With January 17 the most depressing day of the year and statistics showing that one in four British adults will suffer from one form of mental illness, we sent Alexander Badrick to speak to Dr Max Pemberton, a medical journalist, [...]
Science of…New Year’s Resolutions!
It’s a new year, a new start, and for many Londoners it’s time for a New Year’s resolution. Thousands across the city have taken the pledge to lose weight and get healthy. London Student spoke to Miguel Alonso Alonso, Instructor [...]
Research in Brief – January 16 2012
Chickenpox Hates the Sun – St George’s We, in the UK, are more likely to suffer from chickenpox than someone living in a warmer, sunnier climate. Findings, published in Virology Journal, suggest that UV rays are crucial for stopping the [...]
Cute Animal Science: Past Climate Wee-ly Interesting!
You’d be forgiven for assuming the subject of this tale is an African relative of the rodents, especially when it’s referred to in it’s native land as a Rock Rabbit. However they are actually the closest relative to Elephants, sharing [...]
Diary of a PhD part 3- First Day at School
Everyone has a photo, somewhere, of themselves in a brand new school uniform (complete with cartoon character-related lunch box), which their mother took of them while bursting with pride, on their very first day of school. This excitement and celebratory [...]
London Loves Issue 10
I’m sat editing London Loves in a bedroom that smells of urine. And no, I’m not visiting my great grandmother in a NHS care home. In fact, I’m sat in my own bedroom minutes away from my University campus after [...]
Holly Thompson: The positive side of a vocational degree
On Tuesday 3rd February, ITV screened their take on the higher education debate: ‘The Value of a Degree: Tonight’. The programme showed several sixth-formers being interviewed on what they planned to study at university or college by a panel of [...]
ULU Elections 2012: Three Minutes With…Abs Hassanali
An interview with vice-presidential candidate Abs Hassanali. Click the ‘TV’ tab above to view videos for the other candidates. You can also see their manifestos at www.ulu.co.uk/elections
Interview with The Manic Shine
The Manic Shine are a hot upcoming band. The band’s leader, Ozzie Rogers, hails from the LSE but has chosen the music industry, rather than finance, as his chosen career path.
The second sabbatical interview: an excerpt
In their second interview with London Student, Clare Solomon, ULU President, and Viktoria Szmolar, ULU Vice-President, discuss the current state of the student movement. This excerpt focuses on the momentum of student protest after the Christmas break.