60 seconds with Greg Foot
Daredevil scientist Greg Foot keeps popping up on TV. The rising star of science communication spoke to London Student as his new show, The Secrets of Everything, launches on BBC Three. LS What is your background in science? GF I [...]
The Science of …. Intelligence
Differences in intelligence between individuals and groups are a topic of much fascination and controversy.The issue of what causes individual differences in intelligence goes beyond psychology, and involves moral, political, ethical, educational, social, physiological, and statistical issues. The ‘nature or [...]
Survival of the Brightest – The Prey that Wants to be Caught
Certain marine bacteria living in the depths of the ocean have been found to glow. Until now however, the exact reasons and mechanisms behind it were unknown. At first it seemed illogical for bacteria to purposefully glow in such a [...]
Rhino Feet
Previous research has shown that elephants support their weight with the help of a newly identified sixth toe. Professor John Hutchinson from RVC, who led this work, is now turning his research attention to the rhino. With only three toes [...]
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 [...]
Review- Trauma
Marylebone-based art gallery, GV Art, is hosting a group show as part of its ‘Art & Science’ series. The current exhibition, Trauma, explores the various manifestations of biological trauma. The exhibition offers an eclectic mix of pieces created from a [...]
60 Seconds with… Peter McOwan
Education Secretary Michael Gove recently announced a “dramatic” overhaul of the ICT curriculum, branding the current syllabus “demotivating and dull” and proposing new computer science lessons from this September. Professor Peter McOwan, a computer scientist at Queen Mary, told us [...]
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 [...]
Polygons Promote Puffing
A smoker finishes his cigarette, enters a café and sees a packet of cigarettes above a cubic napkin dispenser. The smoker orders his panini, sits down at a table with a similar dispenser, and feels an urge to smoke. What [...]
Review- Festival of the Spoken Nerd
Where do scientists go to have fun? Well this month they went en masse to the Bloomsbury Theatre to see the Festival of the Spoken Nerd. Musical comedian Helen Arney, Blue Peter science expert Steve Mould and stand-up mathematician Matt [...]
A Bloody Start to the New Year
Within a decade, synthetic blood could become a reality, not just a thing of science fiction. Researchers from Glasgow University are close to creating an artificial blood that could be viable in medical transfusion: using stem cells from unused IVF [...]
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 [...]
Survival of the Brightest – The Prey that Wants to be Caught
Certain marine bacteria living in the depths of the ocean have been found to glow. Until now however, the exact reasons and mechanisms behind it were unknown. At first it seemed illogical for bacteria to purposefully glow in such a [...]
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 [...]
Video: LSE water balloon attack results in clashes
Amateur footage obtained by London Student captures some of the attack on the LSESU Palestine Society, which was holding a peaceful demonstration at the time. You can read the story in full here.
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
ULU Elections 2012: Three Minutes With…Ross Speer
An interview with vice-presidential candidate Ross Speer. 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.