Sergeant Major Lassie
Some people say a dog is a man’s best friend. ‘Some people’ doesn’t include Osama Bin Laden. Soon after the US Navy Seals raid on Bin Laden’s hide out, it was revealed a militarily-trained canine was...
View ArticleRun Lassie – no not over there! Damn you Lassie!
Scientists can be utter bastards some of the time. Not content with letting us unwashed masses revel in our ignorance, they systematically poke and prod the world around us, looking for answers to...
View ArticleConservation Canines: Update #1
Last week Noah Baker and Jade Hoffman, documentary filmmakers from Imperial College London, left for the Pacific Northwest in the US to start making a film about dogs that track whales. The...
View ArticleConservation Canines: Update #2
Update #2 from science documentary filmmakers Jade Hoffman and Noah Baker, who are filming dogs that track whales in the Pacific Northwest. Looks like they’re having pretty good weather out there,...
View ArticleSuper sniffers
Dogs are already used to detect diabetes sufferers and illegal drugs but their acme noses might also be able to sniff out cancer ...
View ArticleDogs magnetoreception
Dogs prefer to align themselves in the north-south axis when pooing, so are thought to detect geomagnetic field lines ...
View ArticleDogs in Space
The Cosmonauts exhibition features the first canine space travellers. Visitors can see the type of Sputnik cabin Laika the dog lived in during her brief spaceflight in 1957. It also celebrates the...
View ArticleDogs in Space
The Cosmonauts exhibition features the first canine space travellers. Visitors can see the type of Sputnik cabin Laika the dog lived in during her brief spaceflight in 1957. It also celebrates the...
View ArticleIssue 47: Diversity
The Autumn 2020 Issue of I, Science is out now! This issue focuses on the theme of diversity. This is both diversity from a scientific view (such as biodiversity), and about diverse representation...
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