Caption Contest 06/11/2020
From Issue 1754
6th Nov 2020Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
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NegaFelix Predicts...
NegaFelix, Psychic Reporter
Votes finally in: Gore declared winner in Florida
Beve Stannon, Election Correspondent
Caption Contest 1753
Think you’re funny? Submit up to 3 funny captions to the above comic to felix@ic.ac.uk before 6pm on Wednesday 5th November.
Bond fans want more
The newest film suffered from “confused themes”, with 80% of its runtime to “nuanced discussions of yield curve risk and hedging strategies”.
News
Prince Harry visits Imperial College London
Prince Harry toured Imperial College’s Centre for Blast Injury Studies (CIS) on Wednesday 10th September, as part of a four-day trip to London. The King’s youngest son, who was deployed to Afghanistan twice during his time in the British Army, had already visited the CIS in the past;
Environment
Q&A: Will the UK have blackouts like in Spain & Portugal?
Severe blackouts disrupted the Iberian Peninsula for 16 hours on 28th April. We answer common questions on blackouts and how renewables will affect energy grids and a new report from Spain shares the latest in their analysis of the causes of the blackouts.
Environment
Fires and fascism
“I’m positive. I’m always positive. When people talk about collapses, that’s great opportunity to actually change stuff”, Fernando explained to me. He had recently narrowly escaped his house burning down in a wildfire in Portugal. In Europe, increasingly severe wildfires are creating space for change. However, unless
News
Imperial security team trials body cameras
Imperial Community Safety and Security (CSS) officers have started a four-week trial of wearing Body-Worn Cameras (BWC) on patrol duty since Wednesday 20th August. According to Imperial’s BWC code of practice, the policy aims at enhancing on-campus “safety and wellbeing” as well as protecting security staff from inaccurate allegations.