Business
From impulse to intention: How Gen Z is redefining Black Friday shopping
AI, convenience and cost-consciousness are the driving forces behind this shift.
Science
A pharmacological deep dive into the looksmaxxing world
Disclaimer: do not dive
Science
Coughing season is here
Our shift in behaviour plays a vital role in the spread of infection
News
UCU encourages students to seek compensation for teaching disruption
The Imperial branch of University and College Union (UCU), a trade union, shared a link inviting students to ask the College Provost for compensation following teaching disruptions caused by industrial action. Imperial UCU noted that unless students opt out, a copy of the form would be send them to “help
News
Union Council unanimously votes to support staff strikes
The Union Council has unanimously voted to pass a motion supporting the Joint Trade Unions’ industrial action. The Joint Trade Unions (JTU), which represents all three of Imperial’s recognised labour unions, obtained a six-month striking mandate in September. Members of each union had independently voted for strike action following
Environment
Chaplaincy garden revived by RE:GEN
RE:GEN, a student-run campaign that aims to improve green spaces at Imperial, has proved a real success through its renovation of the Chaplaincy Gardens. Emilio Garcia Padron, a former part-time master’s student at Imperial, pursued this interest by growing RE:GEN with support from Nico Henry, who is
Environment
A tale of dire wolves and ferrets
On the ethics of cloning for conservation.
Editorial
A strange investigation, but not an isolated case
Reflections on the Agarthan affair.
Books
When the buzzing stops
The case for saving insects, and ourselves
Opinion
Beyond alt-right: why we must engage with populism
Comment writer Farid Kaveh argues about how we must engage with the alt-right and deal with the flaws of liberal thinking.
News
Slurs, hatred, and Nazi UFOs: what really hides beneath Imperial’s popular “Agarthan Society”?
The now-deleted but once widely-followed meme account, one of dozens that appeared across universities in recent months, was sharing seemingly neo-Nazi content.
Film & TV
La Haine
Following the life of the French working-class troubled youth: a 90s movie on resistance, friendship and repressive society
Film & TV
My Father's Shadow
Grief in the absence: capturing Nigeria’s forgotten promises and the painful scars of the 1993 coup d’état.