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Kestral Chaos

Shot or just attacked by other birds? The murder mystery of the year.

An investigation was launched after astaff member thought a kestral may have been either shot (yes, shot, as in by a gun) or had died after colliding with Sherfield.

After the investigation, it turned out that nobody had been doing some hunting of kestrals on campus, and that the bird was actually a Woodcock that was attacked by another bird, possibly a Peregrine Falcon.

A post mortem by a College vet also, unsurprisingly, found no evidence that someone had “popped a cap in the Woodcock’s ass, yo”.

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Climate justice for a just world

Environment

Climate justice for a just world

In mainstream discussions on climate change, there is a tendency to focus on the environmental dimensions of the issue. Increasingly, however, there is greater recognition of the need to place equal emphasis on human impacts, notably in relation to under-recognised and vulnerable groups in society affected by social injustices

By Anita Punwani

Science

Meet Imperial’s 2026 iGem team: reGelerate

The Imperial iGEM 2026 team, reGelerate, is preparing to compete in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM), the world’s largest annual synthetic biology contest. Bringing together interdisciplinary student teams from across the globe, iGEM challenges participants to develop innovative research projects that address real-world issues in areas such

By Vaiva Knabikaite