Edinburgh International Science Festival 2018 / The survival of nothing: is extinction important?

Humans have a tremendous impact on the environment, making the topic of species extinction a pressing issue. Human dominance can...

Edinburgh International Science Festival 2018 / A Celebration of Women in Astronomy

Prof. Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell is currently a Visiting Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford and is famous...

Since 1989, the Edinburgh Medal is awarded to scientists during the International Science Festival. The award recognises their contributions to...

Last weekend saw the launch of the 2018 edition of the Edinburgh International Science Festival and, as always, the events...

Biomimetics, which studies biological systems in order to imitate them and apply them to disciplines like modern medicine and engineering,...

Whilst there are many different cell types in our body, each contains the same DNA. In order to perform their...

The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he’s one who asks the right questions. – Claude Levi-Strauss....

A sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril. An albatross killed by ingesting mouthfuls of plastic. A...

Hearing loss is a health problem affecting over 5% of the world’s population. It is a complex disease, which...