Acting without answers
A conversation on uncertainty and what we owe the unknown.
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I shouldn't have had to teach myself how to swim
What universities mean when they say they teach independence
Queen’s Tower tours to start over summer
Imperial College plans to introduce one small tour of the newly renovated Queen’s Tower per month, starting over the summer. Exact dates are to be confirmed. Due to popularity, these tours will be available for students and staff to enter via raffle, with each month’s participants being drawn
Arcadia: Or, The Play You Have to See This Summer
Seldom do I come across a play that inspires me so deeply, I find I must go out and buy a copy of the script. I love theatre, and I love reading, but for some reason I am happy to leave most plays at the stage door. The ephemerality of
Inside the darkroom in Beit Quad basement
Felix speaks with the students doing photo the old way.
Sustainability in a digital world
How thoughtful web design can promote digital sustainability.
“There’s a lot of work to do on education”: Imperial’s JSoc on campus antisemitism
Society representatives say many members feel forced to hide their identity and are afraid to report antisemitic acts.
This Week In Science: what if we could experiment on live human brains?
We can’t, obviously: the ethical concerns place this firmly in dystopian science fiction territory. Yet, the Yale spinout startup Bexorg is offering something very close. The team created a proprietary system which takes brains removed from deceased people who choose to donate their bodies to science and connect them
From ‘Rocket Boys’ to Karman
Imperial-based team prepares to break altitude record for liquid bipropellant rockets.
Do Muslim women need saving?
No – but not for the reasons Lila Abu-Lughod gives.
How much of a reality is AI-enabled biology?
The Evo 2 project uses AI to develop a novel bacteriophage.
Is Imperial’s STEMM specialisation still prudent?
Or is it time for the long-standing tradition to change?
Opinion
Learn to resist the Red Pill
How the rise of the manosphere reflects a wider failure to question the people we elevate.
News
ICU recalls fidget toys over safety concerns
ICU recalled all the fidget toys it distributed over the last year over concerns about chemical toxicity, asking students to dispose of them. This includes all toys handed out at the Leadership Election stalls and ICU training, of which fewer than 100 were distributed in total. The announcement was made
News
Loud beeping sounds across South Kensington campus following power outage
A brief electrical outage at Imperial’s South Kensington Campus has resulted in the College’s public address speakers producing loud intermittent beeping sounds since this morning. The issue was unresolved as of 11pm today. The sounds were heard across campus, including at the Abdus Salam Library, where staff distributed
Film & TV
The Drama
When you're invited to Zendaya and Robert Pattinson's dramatic wedding
Film & TV
Michael
Beat it!
Books
Hot takes: Murakami
Haruki Murakami has become a household name. Often seen as the frontrunner of Japanese literature in the West, he has also become an increasingly divisive author. Despite criticism regarding his presentation of women, and repetitiveness or banality in his oeuvre, Murakami still emerges as a widely read, well-enjoyed novelist.
Books
Murakami: movement to survival
A comparative analysis of Murakami's A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance Dance Dance
News
The at-risk researchers now working at Imperial
Felix spoke to Cara, the charity that offers academics in danger a place in British universities.
News
Major fire near White City campus
Multiple sheds and a lorry were destroyed in a fire on Stable Way on Tuesday 19 May in North Kensington, close to Imperial’s White City campus. No injuries were reported. The London Fire Brigade said the blaze was under control by 6:05pm, after an hour and a half
News
Life Sciences Python exam plagued by technical issues again
Students have reported that a Python coding exam for Life Sciences students was beset with technical issues for the second year in a row. Felix understands a formal complaint regarding these issues has been filed by student representatives on Thursday 21st May. Students said that the questions for the exam
News
Union President and DPE visit China
The OTs published a report on the trip, which was partly organised and funded by a group with ties to the CCP.
News
OfS finds one in four undergraduate students experience sexual harassment at university
The Office for Students (OfS), an independent regulator for higher education in England, released a new analysis of its 2025 report on sexual misconduct this month, compiled from the experiences of 52,000 final-year undergraduate students. They found that 24.5% of students reported experiencing sexual harassment, such as