Scott’s Last Expedition at the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD January 20–September 2 2012 Admission: £9 adults, £5.50 concessions, £26 family ticket. Next door at the Natural History Museum, the infamous Terra Nova Expedition of 1910-1912 is the subject of fairly new [...]
Chilean Miner Capsule – Fenix 2 at the Science Museum
Science Museum, Exhibition Road, SW7 2DD. February 11–May 15 2012 Admission: Free Nearest Tube: South KensingtonA year and a half ago, 33 miners in Chile were trapped from the outside world, when a section of their mine in San Jose [...]
Events under the microscope: a special Valentine’s edition
Searching for days out for the geek in your life? Well look no further! This week’s column brings you some science date ideas for Valentine’s Day. Our star attraction is the Royal Observatory’s new planetarium show, ‘The Secret Lives [...]
Scott’s Last Expedition at the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD January 20–September 2 2012 Admission: £9 adults, £5.50 concessions, £26 family ticket. Next door at the Natural History Museum, the infamous Terra Nova Expedition of 1910-1912 is the subject of fairly new [...]
Chilean Miner Capsule – Fenix 2 at the Science Museum
Science Museum, Exhibition Road, SW7 2DD. February 11–May 15 2012 Admission: Free Nearest Tube: South KensingtonA year and a half ago, 33 miners in Chile were trapped from the outside world, when a section of their mine in San Jose [...]
Events under the microscope: a special Valentine’s edition
Searching for days out for the geek in your life? Well look no further! This week’s column brings you some science date ideas for Valentine’s Day. Our star attraction is the Royal Observatory’s new planetarium show, ‘The Secret Lives [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Festival Of The Spoken Nerd review
Festival Of The Spoken Nerd UnderGlobe, Shakespeare’s Globe October 19, 2011 To kick off London Science Festival 2011, a specially commissioned comedy extravaganza took to the stage at Shakespeare’s Globe theatre. The touring Festival Of The Spoken Nerd (FOTSN) is [...]
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.