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Issue 1559
8th Nov 2013
Of the h-bar, Boris and the weather
Another editorial!
What does the Future Hold for Tibet?
At least 120 Tibetans have set themselves alight in protest against Chinese rule since 2009. It’s the only peaceful way they’ve been able to broadcast their recurrent message: Save Tibet. It seems that their message has fallen on deaf ears...
The dangers of being strange
Imagine a white hot day blazing around you, created by blinding and numbing sunlight, all colours scrubbed cleaner and brighter and the air too hot to breathe. As I read L’etranger – usually translated as either The Stranger or The Outsider – a similar atmosphere appeared to surround me...
Business, Policy, and Economics for the Future: A Sustainable Approach
Part 3 of a 3 part feature brought to you by the London Climate Forum 2013
The endgame
Ender’s Game Director: Gavin Hood Writers: Gavin Hood, Orson Scott Card (novel) Starring: Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Viola Davis, Ben Kingsley Runtime: 114 minutes Certificate: 12A
AMS album of the week: Reflektor
Despite it being over ten years since AF first burnt music onto a CD to hand out at a small local gig in their Montreal neighbourhood, they are still teenagers – full of fire, angst, beauty and surprising lyricism.
It’s country music y’all!
Nashville: Season 2 In a battle for the top of the country charts, let the cat-fights commence between an older living legend who is struggling to keep up with the evolving music industry, and a younger, fresh-faced new star who is experiencing success as a crossover artist between country and...
Piracy and the need to tackle it
Jash Rughani looks at piracy and the ways to deal with it.
Antibody treatment for cancer
There is plenty of on-going research in the field of battling cancer, whether chemically, physically or biologically. A research group from southern California is developing a new strategy on improving the transport of medicine within the patients’ body, by creating antibodies which only activate... There is plenty of on-going research
Dealing Conversation a Falco-n Punch
Stuart Masson talks to Future Of The left guitarist ‘Falco’
President of Republic of Korea visits Imperial
On Wednesday November 6th, the President of the Republic of Korea, Park Geun-hye, came on a visit of Imperial College, in order to make a speech outlining her vision for scientific partnership with “leading scientific nations, such as the UK”.