Lifestyle
The case for a pint – the beauty of alcohol
Why a purely health-oriented view of alcohol fails to capture the benefit of the substance to society.
Environment
Paris court rules Imperial partner TotalEnergies’ advertising is illegal greenwashing
The carbon major's advertising around its commitment to the energy transition and net zero target was found to be illegal as they continue to expand oil and gas production.
Environment
What happens when you cook garbage at high temperatures without oxygen?
Deep in the Amazon basin, thousands of years ago, Indigenous peoples discovered something remarkable. Their cooking fires, burning low and steady, mixed with refuse, bone, pottery shards, manure, and organic waste created something almost alchemical. Called terra preta, “black dirt” in Portuguese, these soils, which store massive amounts of carbon,
Opinion
The gender bias that nearly killed my mother
And why I feel so compelled to write about it.
News
Former College President passes away
Professor Alice Gast leaves behind her a complex legacy.
News
Lectures disrupted as strikes return to campus
1,200 staff members thought to have walked out in second wave of strikes.
News
Student Experience Fund allocated once more this year
The terms of the fund, which is expected to expand, are currently unchanged.
News
First Union Council meeting opens
The first Union Council meeting of the academic year will take place on Tuesday 4th November at 6PM, in room 341/341 of the Huxley Building. The Union Council consists of most of Imperial’s elected student representatives, assembled to set the set the policy of Imperial College Union. It
News
Singapore’s Senior Minister visits campus
Singapore’s Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong visited laboratories in Imperial’s South Kensington campus on Tuesday 18th October, before meeting with Singaporean students. Lee was welcomed by President Hugh Brady and shown Imperial-led research in fast-growing scientific fields such as artifitial intelligence (AI), neurotechnology and quantum computing. The research
Catnip
Supreme Court rules “ragebait” is valid legal defence
The UK’s highest court sided with Imperial students in two out of three crucial test cases focusing on crimes that involved “ragebaiting”. The decision reversed earlier court rulings that denied the possibility of ragebaiting as a plausible and honest reason for harmful and destructive acts. Previously, these offences only
Culture
Romp at Ranga Records
A committee member from Alternative Music Society reviews Ranga Records’ latest live event
Film & TV
It Was Just An Accident
BFI LFF 2025 Gala: Following a group of Iranian political prisoners
Film & TV
Mare's Nest
BFI LFF 2025: A mesmerizing dreamscape that occasionally loses its narrative anchor