Edinburgh International Science Festival 2018 / Edinburgh Medal Address: Prof. Cordelia Fine

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

Edinburgh International Science Festival 2018 / Synthetica

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...

With so many contradicting headlines declaring the devastating health effects of coffee or its limitless health benefits, it can all...

When we talk about the brain or the nervous system, the cell type that we most hear about are neurons...